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India’s Deep Strategic Culture Beyond the Skies

Areesha Manzoor0 Comments

From the 1957 Sputnik-1 satellite to more contemporary explorations such as NASA’s Artemis III program, space has become the high ground for state competition due to its multifaceted military and…

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Challenging Disarmament Disinformation, Deterrence & Foreign Policy, Strategic Adversariesalliances, China, coercion, Deterrence, Diplomacy, economic diplomacy, economic pressure, economic statecraft, extended deterrence, Foreign Policy, global politics, global security, Great Power Competition, innovation, international cooperation, international relations, investment, Military Strategy, nuclear triad, power rivalry, punitive deterrence, sanctions, tariffs, Thucydides Trap, Trade, United States

Diplomacy in Great Power Competition and the Limits of Economic Statecraft

Hafiz Ibrahim1 Comment

As contemporary rivals, the United States and China echo historical patterns of major competition between an established and a rising power, described within Graham Allison's article, “The Thucydides Trap: Are…

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Deterrence & Foreign Policy, Strategic Adversariesallies, America First, American power, artificial intelligence, burden shifting, China, Defense Spending, Deterrence, Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement, Europe, First Island Chain, global leadership, Indo-Pacific, Japan, Middle East, missile defense, Monroe Doctrine, national security strategy, Nuclear Weapons, Philippines, quantum computing, regional balance, South China Sea, South Korea, United States, Western hemisphere

America’s Managed Retreat: How the 2025 U.S. National Security Strategy Shifts the Burden to Allies

Sidra Shaukat0 Comments

The United States’ 2025 National Security Strategy (NSS) is a document that has been written under the shadow of economic strain and military overreach, and it raises the slogan of…

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Deterrence & Foreign Policy, Strategic Adversariesairspace, anti-submarine warfare, Arctic, Arctic gaps, Bear Gap, China, Deterrence, early warning, Euro-Atlantic security, GIUK Gap, global security, great-power conflict , Greenland, Indo-Pacific security, Kola Peninsula, missile defense, NATO, North Atlantic, Olenya Complex, Russia, strategic denial, strategic importance, submarines, surveillance, Survivability, U.S. nuclear forces

Greenland, Strategic Denial, and the Survivability of U.S. Nuclear Forces

Natalie Treloar0 Comments

Greenland’s strategic importance lies not in symbolism, climate change, or future economic potential, but in its role at the center of modern deterrence. The island anchors the ability of the…

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Deterrence & Foreign Policy, Strategic AdversariesArms Control, Arms Race, artificial intelligence, China, cyber operations, Deterrence, global security, inspections, missile defense, national technical means, New START, nuclear arsenal, nuclear forces, nuclear modernization, precision weapons, predictability, Russia, space systems, stability, strategic deterrence, strategic stability, tactical nuclear weapons, transparency, treaty, U.S., verification

No Treaty, No Panic: Deterrence and Stability After New START

Curtis McGiffin0 Comments

The expiration of the New START Treaty on February 5, 2026 has fueled concerns that, absent formal limits, uncertainty surrounding U.S. and Russian nuclear forces could generate instability and elevate…

AI & Deterrence, Archive, Deterrence & Foreign Policy, Strategic AdversariesAI, AI–HUMINT fusion, automated analysis, big data, CMS, cyber technologies, cyber-attacks, data exfiltration, espionage, false information, HUMINT, India, Intelligence, ISI, NADRA, NATGRID, nuclearized, Pakistan, Pegasus spyware, political profiling, RAW, Safe City projects, South Asia, strategic vulnerabilities, surveillance, Terrorism

The Intelligence Illusion: How AI is Exposing Strategic Vulnerabilities in the Developing World

Tahir Mahmood Azad0 Comments

For decades, intelligence agencies in developing countries, especially in South Asia, have been portrayed as all-knowing, all-seeing, and deeply involved in every part of politics and security. Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence…

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Deterrence & Foreign Policy, Strategic AdversariesAegis destroyers, Aegis System Equipped Vessels (ASEVs), attribution ambiguity, azimuth diversity, ballistic missile crisis, boost phase tracking, compressed decision-making, early warning delay, forward deployment, Ground-Based Interceptors (GBIs), intercept geometry, Japan–U.S. alliance, layered defense architecture, maritime-based ballistic missile defense, midcourse interception, nuclear-powered submarine (SSN), Sea of Japan launch scenario, SLBM, SM-3 Block IIA, SM-3 interceptor, South Korea–U.S. alliance, SPY-7 radar, Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile, trilateral missile alert mechanisms, U.S. homeland missile defense

Fixing the House of Dynamite – An SLBM Crisis in East Asia

Ju Hyung Kim0 Comments

Netflix’s The House of Dynamite dramatizes a nightmarish scenario that feels uncomfortably plausible. An unidentified ballistic missile appears mid-flight over the Pacific, while the time for decision-making is compressed and…

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Deterrence & Foreign Policy, Emerging Threats, Strategic AdversariesArms Control, Article VI disarmament obligations, artificial intelligence-enabled command systems, centrifuges, Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), data sharing, diplomatic strain, Fordow facility, Hwasong-20 missile, hypersonic delivery vehicles, ICBMs, inspection regime, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Iran nuclear program, MIRVs, missile factories, modernization, multipolar competition, New start treaty, North Korea nuclear development, NPT Review Conference, nuclear alert status, nuclear arsenals, Nuclear Deterrence, nuclear threshold lowering, Nuclear Weapons, treaty expiration, Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), U.S.-Russia strategic stability, Ukraine conflict, unintended escalation, uranium enrichment, verification mechanisms, Yongbyon facility

The Dawn of 2026 and Challenges to Non-Proliferation

Harsa Kakar1 Comment

The year 2026 arrives with looming threats of nuclear weapon employment more than ever, as the world is faced with eroding arms control agreements and the global environment seems increasingly…

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Strategic Adversaries10-year supply agreement, 100 gigawatts by 2047, 100 million pounds uranium, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, bilateral trade $30B by 2030, Cameco Corporation, CANDU Owners Group, CIRUS reactor, clean energy objectives, coal and crude oil dependence, Dhruva reactor, diplomatic expulsions, dual-use risk, G20 Summit (Johannesburg 2025), Hardeep Singh Nijjar killing, India energy demand, India–Canada relations, military diversion concerns, non-proliferation double standards., Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), nuclear arsenal growth, nuclear power expansion, Nuclear Supplier’s Group, pressurized heavy-water reactors, reprocessing expertise, safeguards, small modular reactors (SMRs), Smiling Buddha (1974), South Asia stability, thorium reserves, three-stage nuclear program, uranium export deal, weapons-grade plutonium

India and Canada Thaw Frosty Relationship to Push Uranium Deal

Musavir Hameed Barech0 Comments

At the sidelines of the G20 Summit held in late November 2025 in Johannesburg, South Africa, the Prime Ministers of Canada and India agreed to enhance bilateral relations amid recent…

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Strategic AdversariesAir-LORA, BrahMos, conventional-nuclear threshold, deep strikes, Deterrence, escalation dominance, escalation ladder, full-spectrum deterrence, India, Indian Air Force (IAF), J-10C, long-range air-to-surface missiles, LR-ASM, May 2025 war, Military Doctrine, Mirage-2000, Pakistan, Pakistani air defence zones, PL-15, quid-pro-quo-plus (QPQP), Rafale, Rampage missiles, SCALP/Storm Shadow, stand-off capability

India’s Push for Long Range Air-to-Surface Missiles

Abdul Wassay0 Comments

India’s accelerating induction and expansion of long-range air-to-surface missiles (LR-ASM) into its conventional stockpile marks a shift in its military doctrine after the May 2025 war with Pakistan. While Indian…

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Deterrence & Foreign Policy, Government & Politics, Strategic Adversariesalliance design, burden sharing, credibility, defense investment, Deterrence, energy sovereignty, escalation anxiety, escalation management, European dependence, forward defense, high-intensity war, industrial capacity, NATO, Nord Stream, realism, regional deterrence, Russia invasion, Russian hydrocarbons, shared risk, strategic correction, strategic preparation, U.S. leadership, Ukraine, under-resourcing, Western assumptions

Ukraine and the Failure of Western Assumptions

Kirk Fansher0 Comments

Ukraine did not just resist invasion; it shattered Western assumptions. In the weeks leading up to Russia’s 2022 invasion, the dominant view across Europe and the United States was that…