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The Perilous Void: Imagining a World without U.S. Nuclear Deterrence

Aaron Holland1 Comment

The Conference on Disarmament for the United Nations met on March 18th, 2024. Sixty-five member states were in attendance, including nuclear powers such as China, France, India, Israel, Pakistan, Russia,…

Archive, Deterrence & Foreign Policy, Strategic Adversariesballistic missile defense, El Dorado, Gaza, hamas, Hezbollah, houthis, Iran, iranian aggression, IRGC, weapons

The US Is Undermining Deterrence with Iran

Kirk Fansher1 Comment

It is naïve to classify Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis as terrorist organizations, simply because they use terror tactics. They are Iranian “irregular forces” and an extension of the Islamic…

Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Strategic AdversariesAnthony Cotton, Arms Control, congress, elected officials, HASC, ICBM Minuteman III, New start treaty, Russia, US Strategic Command

Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Fairy Tales

Peter Huessy0 Comments

The federal budget is currently working its way through Congress. The most visible target for cuts is the Department of Defense, in particular, nuclear modernization accounts. In 2010, Congress and…

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archiveallies, Britain, extended deterrence, Germany, NATO, Nuclear Deterrence, nuclear modernization, Russia, UK, United Kingdom

NATO’s Fledgling Nuclear Deterrence

Todd Clawson0 Comments

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) many strategic documents, leader speeches, and summit communiques regularly repeat the moniker, “As long as nuclear weapons exist, NATO will remain a nuclear alliance.”…

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archiveextended deterrence, Foreign Policy, global security, inhibition, National Security, nuclear attack, nuclear capabilities, Nuclear Deterrence, proliferation, Russia, South Korea

Nuclear Challenges: Inhibition and Extended Deterrence

Aaron Holland1 Comment

An American grand strategy of inhibition, characterized by efforts to curtail the spread of independent nuclear weapons programs, has long been a cornerstone of American foreign policy. Rooted in the…

Archive, Strategic Adversariesanti-missile, Argentina, cryo-engine, Egypt, hypersonic, India, Indonesia, Mars, Moon, NATO, New Delhi, Nigeria, Nuclear Deterrence, nuclear politics, nuclear warfare, oil production, oil trade, Philippines, Russia, UN Assembly

It Is Difficult to Break the Russia-India Link

Amit Gupta0 Comments

When the Ukraine war broke out, India implemented a series of policy measures that took the West by surprise. In the United Nations General Assembly, it refused to condemn the…

Archive, Arms Control & NonproliferationActuary, Arms Control, ballistic missile defense, INF, integrated deterrence, NATO, Nuclear Poster Review, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, SDI, START Treaty

The Problem with Arms Control Assumptions

Peter Huessy & Joe Buff2 Comments

America’s nuclear arms agreements with the Soviet Union and then Russia have contributed to significant reductions in nuclear arms. Despite the bilateral reduction 90 percent of the American and Russian…

Archive, Strategic AdversariesArms Control, brasil, BRICS, China, Deterrence, Diplomacy, hegemony, India, Iran, Islam, islamic, Middle East, North Korea, nuclear politics, Revolutionary Guard, Russia, sanctions, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, strategic power

Iran’s Quest for Middle East Hegemony

Christophe Bosquillon1 Comment

Since the Islamist Revolution (1979) Iran’s strategic intent experienced little change—drive the United States out of the Middle East. The Iranian regime aims at establishing dominance in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon,…

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Is Trump Right About Europe?

Amit Gupta1 Comment

Former President Donald Trump’s views on Europe are consistent. He has long criticized North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member-states for their failure to spend the required 2 percent of gross…

Archive, Strategic AdversariesChina, Deterrence Posture, narrative control, North Korea, nuclear attack, nuclear capabilities, Nuclear Deterrence, nuclear politics, perceptions, Taiwan

The Narrative of Nuclear Deterrence: Shaping Strategy in an Uncertain World

Aaron Holland0 Comments

China’s nuclear breakout and Russia’s ongoing aggression leave many Western analysts uncertain as to what is in the mind of Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin. Nuclear deterrence remains the most…

Archive, Strategic Adversariesbelt and road initiative, China, cold war, Economic Sanctions, Economic warfare, General Anthony Cotton, malacca, oil production, petroleum, South China Sea

Economic Deterrence: Chinese Style

Peter Huessy2 Comments

The commander of the US Strategic Command, General Anthony Cotton, correctly warns that the United States may not be able to deter Chinese aggression using the same economic leavers employed…