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Deterrence and NATO’s Emerging Security Environment

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Strategic Adversariesanti-submarine warfare, Arctic, battlefield nuclear weapons, BRICS, China, conventional threats, critical infrastructure, cross-domain deterrence, cyber threats, Cyberattacks, deep sea, Deterrence, economic threats, geopolitical objectives, hybrid threats, Intelligence, international norms, Iran, military readiness, national power, NATO, North Korea, nuclear arsenal, nuclear threats, reconnaissance, resilience, Russia, security environment, space threats, space-based systems, strategic competition, surveillance, terrorist attacks

Deterrence and NATO’s Emerging Security Environment

Alex Alfirraz Scheers0 Comments

The international security environment is deteriorating rapidly and becoming increasingly dangerous and uncertain. China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia pose a threat to Western interests in multiple domains. Among them…

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The Wrong Agenda for Political Debates

Archive, Emerging Threats, Strategic AdversariesAmerican government, autocrats, belt and road initiative, BRICS, bureaucracy, checks and balances, China, Civil-Military Relations, Donald Trump, fascism, hyperbole, Hypersonic Weapons, international politics, Iran, John F. Kelly, military, NATO, Nazism, North Korea, Nuclear Deterrence, Nuclear Weapons, policy priorities, political debates, Russia, space and cyber weapons, Stephen Cimbala, technocrats, technology, Ukraine

The Wrong Agenda for Political Debates

Stephen Cimbala1 Comment

In the aftermath of President-elect Donald J. Trump’s election, it is time for the national political dialogue to calm down and move away from dysfunctional hyperbole. During the presidential campaign,…

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Why India Made Up with China at the BRICS Summit

Archive, Strategic AdversariesAmit Gupta, Beijing-Moscow alliance, bilateral meeting, border skirmishes, BRICS, cellphone market, China, CRINK, de-dollarize, economic growth, economic ties, electric scooters, foreign direct investment, Galwan, high-tech industries, Hisense, Huawei, India, Indo-Pacific, Law Based International Order, Military Technology, Narendra Modi, Narendra Modi's internal standing, Paytm, Quadrilateral Alliance, United States, Xi Jinping

Why India Made Up with China at the BRICS Summit

Amit Gupta0 Comments

For the past six years India-China relations have been at a low point with the two countries getting into skirmishes along the border. The worst of these was in 2020,…

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Iran’s Quest for Middle East Hegemony

Archive, Strategic AdversariesArms Control, brasil, BRICS, China, Deterrence, Diplomacy, hegemony, India, Iran, Islam, islamic, Middle East, North Korea, nuclear politics, Revolutionary Guard, Russia, sanctions, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, strategic power

Iran’s Quest for Middle East Hegemony

Christophe Bosquillon1 Comment

Since the Islamist Revolution (1979) Iran’s strategic intent experienced little change—drive the United States out of the Middle East. The Iranian regime aims at establishing dominance in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon,…

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