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Challenging Disarmament Disinformation

Responses to disinformation in articles about disarmament.

Understanding the Third Nuclear Age: Why 2026 Matters

Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Challenging Disarmament Disinformation, Strategic AdversariesAI-driven command structures, arms control agreements, China-Russia relationship, cold war, cooperation, cyber operations, Diplomacy, disarmament, doomsday clock, emerging technologies, escalation risks, global rules-based order, hypersonic systems, Miscalculation, missile defense, modernization, multipolar environment, NATO deterrence, New START, nonproliferation barriers, NPT framework, nuclear arsenals, nuclear catastrophe, nuclear disarmament, nuclear triad modernization, nuclear weapons capabilities, proliferation, radioactive materials, restraint, sovereignty, START I, strategic-stability dialogue, Third Nuclear Age, treaty events, U.S.-Russia arms control, verification technologies

Understanding the Third Nuclear Age: Why 2026 Matters

Harsa Kakar0 Comments

Experts call the current state of the world the third nuclear age, embodied by various emerging technologies. It is characterized by expanding nuclear arsenals, diminishing arms control agreements, and technological…

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Diplomacy in Great Power Competition and the Limits of Economic Statecraft

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…

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The Consequences of Nuclear Disarmament

Archive, Challenging Disarmament Disinformation, Strategic AdversariesCOVID-19, denuclearization, Gaza, Hiroshima, nagasaki, Nuclear Deterrence, nuclear disarmament, nuclear pandemic, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, Syria, Ukraine, world war III, WWIII

The Consequences of Nuclear Disarmament

Aaron Holland & Joe Buff0 Comments

Advocates of nuclear abolition wish humanity could live in a world without nuclear weapons. However, results of such a policy could be catastrophic. Bad actors, for example, would likely cheat…

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Annie Jacobsen Gets It Wrong about Nuclear Deterrence

Archive, Challenging Disarmament Disinformation, Strategic Adversariesarmageddon, ballistic missile, Disinformation, missile defense, North Korea, Nuclear Deterrence, nuclear warfare, post-strike, Russia, wargames

Annie Jacobsen Gets It Wrong about Nuclear Deterrence

Peter Huessy4 Comments

Annie Jacobsen’s new book, Nuclear War: A Scenario, is receiving rave reviews. It portrays a scenario in which a limited North Korean nuclear strike on the United States spirals into…

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