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Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Bonus Reads, Deterrence & Foreign Policy, Emerging Threats, Space Deterrence & Conflict, Strategic Adversariesanti-satellite weapons, Chinese military thought, cognitive superiority, cyber deception, damage limitation, decision-cycle maneuver, decoy satellites, distributed architectures, electromagnetic deception, electromagnetic signatures, information deception, integrated interagency planning, offensive counterspace capabilities, rapid reconstitution, space deterrence, space maneuver warfare, strategic culture, strategic deception, systems confrontation

Space Fortitude: Applying the Lessons of Operation Fortitude to Space Deterrence and Warfighting

Christopher Stone0 Comments

Published: July 28, 2026 Throughout military history, few deception operations have rivaled the strategic brilliance of Operation Fortitude. Conducted before the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944, Fortitude did not seek to…

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Defense & Security, Economics & Trade, Emerging Threats, Geopolitics in Deterrence, Strategic Adversariesagility, alliance credibility, Australia, bilateral deterrence, cascading effects, China, competitive advantage, dynamic resilience, economic dependence, escalation management, friction engine, geopolitical risk, Indo-Pacific, military modernization, multipolar era, networked deterrence, nonlinear environment, nuclear deterrent, power distribution, security dependence, stability illusion, strategic compression, synthesis, systemic friction, trade interdependence, U.S. extended nuclear deterrence, vulnerability

The Impossibility of Strategic Stability in a Multipolar Era: From Brittle Walls to Dynamic Resilience

Natalie Treloar & Jean-Claude Meledje0 Comments

Published: July 27, 2026 For over a century, the primary objective of global diplomacy has been the pursuit of “stability.” From the Concert of Europe through the bipolar rigidity of the Cold War, stability was…

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The United States Did Not Lose the War Against Iran: The Harder Part is Postwar Peacemaking

Stephen Cimbala0 Comments

Published: July 21, 2026 Recently, it has become fashionable in news commentary and in political pronouncements by members of Congress, among others, to claim that the United States’ conflict with…

Archive, Strategic AdversariesChina, counterspace capabilities, cryptocurrency theft, cyber operations, electromagnetic pulse, hypersonic missiles, IAEA, intercontinental ballistic missiles, Kim Jong Un, missile defense, missile program, Nuclear Weapons, proliferation, proxy warfare, Russia, sanctions evasion, space warfare, weapons of mass destruction, Yongbyon

The Coming Crisis with North Korea

Nathan A. Heard0 Comments

Published: July 16, 2026 Is North Korea winning? Along with the country’s expanding nuclear arsenal and delivery systems, North Korea continues to develop and demonstrate expertise in cyber and space warfare that soon…

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The Iran War and Nuclear Weapons: Paths Forward or Backward?

Stephen Cimbala0 Comments

Published: July 14, 2026 The announcement of a mid-June 2026 agreement between the United States and Iran on a framework for resolving the conflict that began on February 28 promised immediate relief for…

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The Beijing Summit and The Future of Taiwan-US Relations

Muhammad Shahzad Akram0 Comments

Published: July 13, 2026 The central issue underlying the 2026 Beijing summit was not trade, agriculture, or aircraft purchases, but the future of Taiwan and the evolving structure of U.S.-China relations in the Indo-Pacific.…

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China’s Critical Mineral Strategy and the Structure of Strategic Competition

Holden Johansen1 Comment

Published: July 2, 2026 China's dominance of the rare-earth mineral supply chain gives Beijing a powerful tool of economic coercion against rival states. Vital rare-earth minerals like cobalt, copper, lithium,…

Archive, Emerging Threats, Strategic AdversariesAustralia, Bab el-Mandeb, Diversification, Energy Security, global shipping disruption, Gulf of Aden, Hormuz, houthis, Indo-Pacific, Iran, Iran-backed Houthis, Japan, maritime chokepoints, maritime security, Middle East, non-state actors, One moment, red sea, Somali piracy, South Korea, Strait of Hormuz, supply chain disruptions, Thailand

Proxy Wars Threaten Energy Security in the Indo-Pacific Amid Regional Turmoil in The Middle East

Shad Sherko0 Comments

Published: June 30, 2026 Persistent geopolitical instability surrounding the Strait of Hormuz has renewed the debate about Indo-Pacific energy security and the need to diversify supply sources. However, diversification alone may not eliminate strategic vulnerability, even…

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From Triad to Tetrad: Recent Developments in Russia’s Strategic Nuclear Forces

Wannes Verstraete0 Comments

Published: June 25, 2026 Traditionally, major nuclear powers have developed and deployed strategic nuclear forces across three legs. This configuration, known as a nuclear triad, includes land-, sea-, and air-based…

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Strategic Corruption and the Future of Hybrid Warfare

Jeffery A. Tobin0 Comments

Published: June 23, 2026 During the Cold War, deterrence centered on missiles, troop deployments, and nuclear escalation. Military power still matters enormously, but modern strategic competition increasingly unfolds far from conventional battlefields. Rival states…

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Arms Control is No Panacea, But It Helps

Stephen Cimbala0 Comments

Published: June 22, 2026 Some eighty years after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the global community still struggles with the strategic, political, and ethical implications of nuclear arms races.…