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

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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American Alliances in East Asia: An Australian Perspective

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American Alliances in East Asia: An Australian Perspective

Christine M. Leah0 Comments

In a recent Foreign Affairs article, Ely Ratner outlines a case for a Pacific Defense Pact. The concept of collective defense in the Asia-Pacific is not a novel idea, however, the historical…

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