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Resilience Never Activated, Deters No One

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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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Deterrence Without Resolve Is No Deterrence at All

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Deterrence Without Resolve Is No Deterrence at All

Natalie Treloar1 Comment

Published: May 12, 2026 There is a comforting fiction at the heart of much contemporary strategic thinking: conventional military capabilities can substitute for nuclear deterrence without requiring the same political…

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Mutually Assured Destruction

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Mutually Assured Destruction

Peter Huessy0 Comments

Mutually assured destruction or MAD is not an American doctrine or military strategy. Those who believe MAD is how America deters nuclear-armed adversaries assume that any use of nuclear weapons by the United States…

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