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Iran Shows Why Nuclear Deterrence Still Matters

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Deterrence & Foreign Policy, Strategic AdversariesArms Control, China, CRINK, escalation control, Hypersonic Weapons, Iran, Israel, missile defense, modernization, NATO, North Korea, Nuclear Deterrence, Nuclear Weapons, proliferation, regional stability, Russia, Saudi Arabia, security, strategic forces, United States

Iran Shows Why Nuclear Deterrence Still Matters

Stephen Cimbala0 Comments

Published: September 29, 2026 The 2026 United States’ war against Iran is a matter of international and domestic political controversy. Regardless of its outcome, the trajectory already suggests important lessons…

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Nuclear Deterrence and the Midterm Elections

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Emerging Threats, Strategic Adversariesalliance deterrence, Arms Control, artificial intelligence, China, civilian nuclear infrastructure, conventional war, CRINK, cyber warfare, defense policy, drones, Foreign Policy, France, Hypersonic Weapons, Iran, Japan, midterm elections, military preparedness, National Security, NATO, nonproliferation, North Korea, nuclear modernization, nuclear proliferation, nuclear umbrella, nuclear war, OODA loop, public opinion, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, space arms control, space-based weapons, strategic mind games, strategic nuclear weapons, strategic power, tactical nuclear weapons, Taiwan, United States

Nuclear Deterrence and the Midterm Elections

gsharpe & Stephen Cimbala0 Comments

Published: August 31, 2926 As the United States heads toward another set of midterm Congressional elections in November 2026, issues related to nuclear weapons, including deterrence, arms control, and nonproliferation, will be important. Whether candidates will…

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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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