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Defense & SecurityChina, North Korea, Russia, United States

Nuclear Damage Limitation in an Era of Great Power Competition

Richard Purcell

Editor's note: This is the second piece in a two-part series examining the role of damage limitation strategy in U.S. nuclear war planning. Read part one here. With the apparent…

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

A History of Damage Limitation in U.S. Nuclear War Planning

Richard Purcell

The concept of nuclear damage limitation dates back to the early 1960s. Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, described it as “the ability to reduce…

Defense & Security

Climate Security is National Security

Joanna Rozpedowski

Between 2008-2012 over 144 million people were displaced by a sudden onset of disasters in more than 122 countries, a number far higher than the number of refugees and internally…

Defense & SecurityIraq, ISIS, Syria, Terrorism, United States

Now That Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is Dead, What Next?

Alan Lis

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State, was killed on the 26th of October in a raid carried out by U.S. Special Forces when he detonated a suicide…

Defense & SecurityGeorgia, NATO, Russia, United States

NATO Membership and Georgia’s Democratic Future

Miro Popkhadze

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is the most powerful alliance in history. Since World War Two, with American leadership, NATO has guaranteed the security, stability, and prosperity of the international order. It protected…

Defense & SecurityIran, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, United States

Yemen is a Battleground in Iran’s Proxy War Against the U.S. and Saudi Arabia

Alan Lis

As the world’s attention is increasingly focused on Iranian aggression in the Persian Gulf, it’s essential to look at the civil war in Yemen, a battlefield in the proxy fight…

Defense & SecurityAsia, China, Russia, United States

Termination of INF Treaty Could Spark Arms Race in Asia

Pranay Kumar Shome

By terminating of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty, a key Cold War-era arms control pact, the United States and Russia have reignited the risk of a global arms race. On…

Defense & SecurityEuropean Union, France, Germany, Iran, United Kingdom, United States

Diverging Interests in Iran Behind Germany’s Rejection of U.S. Maritime Security Mission

Trivun Sharma

During a trip to Poland on July 31st, 2019, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas stated that “Germany will not take part in the sea mission presented and planned by the United…

Defense & SecurityEurope, Terrorism, United Kingdom

Britain’s Changing Security Perceptions

Musa Khan Jalalzai

The United Kingdom's national security challenges are amplifying by the day. Existing security measures and strategies are incapable of combating the hydra of extremism, foreign espionage, international terrorism, and serious…

Defense & SecurityEuropean Union, National Security, Terrorism, United Kingdom

The Shifting Dynamics of Britain’s National Security Threats

Musa Khan Jalalzai

With the advent of the twenty-first century came differing classifications of national security threats and a shifting order of strategic preeminence. The risk of extremism and consistent alienation of citizens…

Defense & SecurityAfghanistan, India, NATO, Pakistan, Taliban, United States

Frenemies: Prospects and Challenges for the Military Integration of the Taliban into the Afghan Security Forces

Tamim Asey

With a potential peace settlement on the horizon, much will depend on the prospects and challenges for the integration of Taliban battlefield commanders and fighters into the ranks of the…

Defense & SecurityCommunism, Philippines, Terrorism

CPP-NPA and the Duterte Administration: Realpolitik in Insurgency and Terrorism

Maria Kristina Decena Siuagan & Jumel Gabilan Estrañero

For the Communist Party of the Philippines and its armed wing, the National People's Army, strategic positioning is key to spreading influence from the organization's core to the grassroots level.…