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Cyber Deterrence Begins with the Power to Disconnect

Burak Oktenli0 Comments

Published: 20 October 2026 On August 26, President Donald Trump declared a national emergency over foreign actors exploiting vulnerabilities in the U.S. bulk-power system. The order framed the problem as…

AI & Deterrence, Archive, Bonus Reads, Defense & Security, Emerging Threats, Strategic Adversariesartificial intelligence, attribution, cognitive warfare, counterfeit media, credibility, decision-making, democratic institutions, Disinformation, fabricated personas, foreign information manipulation and interference, information manipulation, misinformation, narrative reframing, propaganda, Russian information operations, societal resilience, strategic ambiguity, synthetic narratives, Ukraine, verification

The Cauldron Never Empties: Synthetic Narratives that Create Strategic Opportunity

Greg Sharpe0 Comments

Published: October 19, 2026 The most dangerous Russian information operation may not begin with a lie. It may begin with something true. A legitimate news report. An authentic photograph. A…

AI & Deterrence, Archive, Defense & Security, Emerging Threats, Geopolitics in Deterrence, Strategic Adversariesadvanced semiconductors, AI Act, AI safety, artificial intelligence regulation, capacity building, China, compute infrastructure, data governance, digital infrastructure, European Union, export controls, Generative AI, geopolitical competition, Global AI governance, Global South, global supply chains, institutional influence, international organizations, multilateralism, polycentric governance, private-sector power, regulatory fragmentation, structural dependence, technical standards, technological sovereignty, UN Global Digital Compact, United States

The Politics of Global AI Governance

Shaza Arif0 Comments

Published: October 13, 2026 The growing gap between rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and inadequate verification mechanisms has created several challenges for the technology. In this context, global AI…

Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Defense & Security, Geopolitics in Deterrence, Strategic Adversariesartificial intelligence, artillery, biological weapons, chemical weapons, coercive leverage, covert delivery, crisis escalation, CRISPR, cyber operations, Deterrence, dual-use infrastructure, gene editing, Kim Jong Nam assassination, Kim Jong Un, military logistics, Pacific security, Pyongyang. , rockets, Russia–North Korea relations, special forces, theater nuclear posture, VX nerve agent, weapons of mass destruction

North Korea Has Options

Nathan A. Heard0 Comments

Published: October 12, 2026 In 2017, two people unknowingly working as proxies for North Korean intelligence approached Kim Jong Nam at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport. In what they thought…

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Would Golden Dome Make America Safer?

Darrell Allen0 Comments

Published: October 5, 2026 In February 2022, days after Russian forces crossed into Ukraine, Putin placed his nuclear arsenal on high alert and warned that any nation interfering would face…

Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Defense & Security, Strategic Adversariesballistic missile, Basij, civilian leadership, Deterrence, Diplomacy, economic recovery, Government, Gulf Cooperation Council, hardliners, Hormuz Strait, internal power struggle, Iran, IRGC, military, nuclear program, President Masoud Pezeshkian, regime survival, regional hegemony, regional integration, regional security, sanctions, security doctrine, strategic depth, Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, Supreme National Security Council, US-Iran relations

The Political Power Battle in Tehran

Mohamed ELDoh0 Comments

Published: October 1, 2026 As Iran signals its willingness to pursue fighting, one of the most important power struggles to watch in the Middle East today is not between Iran…

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Deterrence & Foreign Policy, Strategic AdversariesArms Control, China, CRINK, escalation control, Hypersonic Weapons, Iran, Israel, missile defense, modernization, NATO, North Korea, Nuclear Deterrence, Nuclear Weapons, proliferation, regional stability, Russia, Saudi Arabia, security, strategic forces, United States

Iran Shows Why Nuclear Deterrence Still Matters

Stephen Cimbala0 Comments

Published: September 29, 2026 The 2026 United States’ war against Iran is a matter of international and domestic political controversy. Regardless of its outcome, the trajectory already suggests important lessons…

Archive, Defense & Security, Deterrence & Foreign Policy, Strategic Adversariesadversary, AI-enabled systems, assurance claim, autonomous systems, BEA, Bureau of Economic Analysis, cascading failures, CISA, continuity costs, continuity plan, continuity planning, continuity target, critical infrastructure, Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Agency, cross-sector scenarios, denial, dependency structure, Deterrence, disruption, dynamic resilience, electric power, empirical testing, Federal Continuity Directive 2, Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, governance, inoperability, input-output accounts, interconnected systems, interdependence model, mission essential functions, National Critical Functions, National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST, NIST SP 800-82, operational data, operational parameters, recovery rates, service floors, systemic damage, systemic loss, telecommunications

Resilience Never Activated, Deters No One

Burak Oktenli0 Comments

Published: September 28, 2026 Deterrence by denial rests on a practical promise. An attack on a state’s infrastructure will not produce the effect an adversary expects. Resilience contributes to that…

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China’s Long-Range Missiles, Russia’s Arctic Bastion, and the Alaskan Gap

Jack Lindstrom0 Comments

Published: September 24, 2026 The Cold War made the High North a proving ground for nuclear strategy. Even though the powers and weapons have changed, the same geography matters again.…

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Explainability, Not Speed, Will Define the Next Military AI Race

Maheen Butt1 Comment

Published: September 21, 2026 A soldier who fires on a target must be able to reason “why” afterward. Similarly, a commander who authorizes a strike must be able to justify…

Archive, Strategic Adversariesalliance structures, anti-access/area denial, Asia-Pacific, Attrition, civilian protection, counter-drone, deep strike, Deterrence, drone warfare, electronic warfare, escalation, humanitarian impact, ISR (Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance), logistics, maritime theater, Military Strategy, non-state actors, operational environment, proliferation safeguards, reconnaissance, regional stability, resilience, secure communications, technology transfer

Exporting Ukraine’s Lessons: The Risks of Transferring the Wrong Lessons to the Asia-Pacific

Andrey Koval0 Comments

Published: September 15, 2026 Having observed the war from within the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, one is struck by two simultaneous situations: the extraordinary tactical adaptation…