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Defense & SecurityChina, Information Operations, Information Warfare, NATO, Russia, United States

Understanding Information Operations & Information Warfare

Matthew J. Fecteau

This article was originally published on January 7, 2019. The concept of information operations (IO) has entered into our everyday lexicon without a precise definition. Any stated definition of information…

Defense & SecurityChina, Russia, United States

The Department of Defense’s Multidomain Operations Challenge

John Laudun, Tom Kroh, Mahbube Sidikki, Robert Arp, & Adam Lowther

This article was originally published on October 21, 2021. In response to the shift towards Indo-Pacific regional concerns, the US Army and the Department of Defense began developing multidomain operations…

Defense & SecurityChina, Deterrence, Nuclear Deterrence, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, United States

Conflict and Competition: Limited Nuclear Warfare and the New Face of Deterrence

Gerald Brown

This article was initially published on December 16, 2019. "Nuclear weapons seem to be in almost everybody's bad book, but the fact is that they are a powerful force for…

Defense & SecurityIran, Terrorism, United States

A New Nuclear Deal with Iran Shouldn’t Be Accompanied by Terrorist Legitimization

John O'Malley

Iran has a new demand for U.S. diplomats as they conclude what will hopefully be the final round of negotiations for a new nuclear agreement later this month: Remove the…

Defense & SecurityEuropean Union, NATO, Russia, United Kingdom, United States

Escalate to De-Escalate: Russia’s Nuclear Deterrence Strategy

Joshua Ball

This article was originally published on August 20, 2018 as "Nuclear De-Escalation: Russia's Deterrence Strategy." Russia's military doctrine dictates the use of nuclear weapons in response to any non-nuclear assault…

Defense & Security

Placing “Over-The-Horizon” Capabilities in Georgia

Miro Popkhadze

Senior U.S. diplomat Victoria Nuland's visit to Moscow, attempting to get Russian assistance in establishing a military base in Central Asia—a move Russia has vehemently opposed—and the Gen. Mark Milley's chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of…

Defense & SecurityChina, European Union, France, Greece, Israel, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

The Connection Between AUKUS, the Franco-Greek Pact, and the EastMed Pipeline

Konstantinos Apostolou-Katsaros

In the wake of the AUKUS agreement, EU member states must come to terms with the loss of primacy and the shift of the U.S.'s geostrategic center of gravity to…

Defense & SecurityPublic Health, United States

The Overlooked, Dangerous Nexus Between National Security and Public Health: The Case of Smallpox

Danyale Kellogg

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared smallpox officially eradicated on May 8, 1980, ending the reign of one of history’s deadliest killers and marking the first, and only, human disease to ever…

Defense & Security, Development

The Inevitability of the Taliban’s Resurgence in Afghanistan

Benjamin Cole

With the Biden Administration poised to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan a criticism and worries that Biden’s decision is a mistake because it will end up in the Taliban resurging…

Defense & SecurityChina, Iran, North Korea, Russia, United States

Bio-Security in the Age of Global Pandemics

Joanna Rozpedowski

Since the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9th, 1989, the United States held an unparalleled political, economic, and military position in the post-communist era. For nearly three decades,…

Defense & SecurityArctic, China, Russia, United States

Arctic Great Power Competition: The United States, Russia and China

Gabriella Gricius

As the Arctic grows warmer, so too does the potential for great power competition amongst the United States, China, and Russia. While a historic Arctic power like Russia is militarizing…