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Time to Proliferate Nuclear Weapons (or Not?)

Christine M. Leah & Peter Layton2 Comments

Extended nuclear deterrence is a central tenet of America’s post–World War II strategy. For the first time however, it is being seriously questioned in both Europe and the Asia-Pacific. The…

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Trump’s Disintegrated Deterrence and Lessons for Australia

Carl Rhodes1 Comment

The American approach to deterrence has undergone a significant transformation during the initial months of President Donald Trump’s second administration. Where President Joe Biden’s national security strategy was premised on…

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The Sixth-Generation Fighter: A First Step to a New Generation of Airpower

Amit Gupta1 Comment

The Trump administration’s decision to award the sixth-generation fighter project to Boeing is a welcome one. However, it only partially addresses the country’s airpower dilemma and how it intends to…

Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Bonus Reads, Strategic Adversariesallies, Arms Control, China, defense policy, Deterrence, European leaders, Foreign Policy, geopolitical competition, Iran, Israel, Middle East, military spending, missile defense, missile threats, National Security, NATO, negotiations, nuclear programs, nuclear proliferation, Partners, regime survival, Russia, security commitments, South China Sea, sovereignty, strategic stability, Taiwan, transatlantic alliance, Trump, Ukraine, United States

President Trump’s Foreign Policy Could Encourage Proliferation

Santiago Spadiliero0 Comments

In a recent White House press conference, President Donald Trump expressed his desire to renew arms control negotiations with both China and Russia. This move seeks to cut the military…

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The Resilient Hegemon: Why America’s Global Leadership Endures

Aaron Holland1 Comment

In an era where political pundits are quick to sound alarms about the impending decline of American global leadership, the reality paints a more optimistic picture. While the rise of…

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Allied Air Defense

Todd Clawson0 Comments

Recent action by the United States and like-minded nations to defend Israel from an unprecedented Iranian airstrike demonstrates how the United States and NATO can defend their allies and partners…

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The US Must Handle Its Fiscal Challenges

Carl Rhodes0 Comments

The United States government finds itself in an unprecedented financial situation. Over the next 12 months, the amount of public debt held by the federal government will exceed the size…

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NATO’s Fledgling Nuclear Deterrence

Todd Clawson0 Comments

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) many strategic documents, leader speeches, and summit communiques regularly repeat the moniker, “As long as nuclear weapons exist, NATO will remain a nuclear alliance.”…

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European Commission: Taking Charge of Space Defense

Christophe Bosquillon0 Comments

European Commissioner Thierry Breton recently recalled what former President Donald Trump told the president of the European Commission (EC), Ursula van der Leyen, back in 2020. Trump suggested that he…

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The Super Bowl of Deterrence: The Ultimate Showdown in Strategic Overmatch

Greg Sharpe0 Comments

In the realm of global security, imagine a contest not on the grassy fields of a stadium but on the vast chessboard of international relations. This is the Super Bowl…

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archiveallies, Australia, ballistic missile, China, cruise missile, Guam, modernization, Putin, strategic defense, Ukraine

Australia’s Defence Strategic Review and the Growing Importance of Extended Deterrence

Carl Rhodes0 Comments

In 2023, the Albanese Government released the public version of the independent Defence Strategic Review (DSR) along with the government’s response to the review. The DSR called for the Australian…