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The Blind Spot of Integrated Deterrence: Modern Defense Tech Requires a Counterintelligence Revival

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Emerging Threats, Strategic Adversariesalgorithmic deterrence instability, algorithmic warfare, asset protection, autonomous systems, behavioral authentication, Civil-Military Fusion, civil-military fusion programs, command and control, corporate counterespionage, corporate software integrity, counterintelligence, data exfiltration, defense industrial base, defense technology, deterrence by denial, economic statecraft, electronic warfare, escalation ladder, espionage, gray-zone collection, Great Power Competition, Indo-Pacific, information environment, innovation ecosystem, insider espionage, insider threat, integrated deterrence, intellectual property, International Relations theory, machine-learning models, Offense-Defense Balance, psychological uncertainty, Replicator program, software architecture, software security, statecraft, strategic miscalculation, strategic stability, structural realism, supply chains, swarm coordination, unmanned networks

The Blind Spot of Integrated Deterrence: Modern Defense Tech Requires a Counterintelligence Revival

Joshua Thibert0 Comments

Published: August 17, 2026 The foundational calculus of international security is undergoing a radical and technologically driven transformation. In the Pentagon’s latest strategic guidance, the traditional concept of deterrence has…

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The Conversation Europe Never Wanted: Hypersonic Tensions and U.S. Defense Strategy

Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Deterrence & Foreign Policy, Strategic Adversariesalliance cohesion, alliance-level exercises, capability demonstration, coercive leverage, compressed decision timelines, conventional vs nuclear deterrence, crisis decision-making, Deterrence, deterrence by denial, deterrence by punishment, distributed command and control, dual-use ambiguity, escalation management, European security guarantees, Hypersonic tensions, Hypersonic Weapons, integrated air and missile defense, integrated deterrence, interception challenges, Lviv, Mach 10, miscalculation risk, missile defense architectures, NATO, Oreshnik missile, Poland, resilience, Russia, strategic signaling, U.S. National Defense Strategy, Ukraine, warning time collapse

The Conversation Europe Never Wanted: Hypersonic Tensions and U.S. Defense Strategy

Brandon Toliver4 Comments

Picture a late-night briefing room in Europe. Screens glow. A map of western Ukraine fills the wall. A red arc appears, moving faster than anything else in the inventory of…

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Nuclear Deterrence and Drones: An Unpredictable Mix?

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Nuclear Deterrence and Drones: An Unpredictable Mix?

Stephen Cimbala1 Comment

On the surface, the subject matters of drones and nuclear deterrence seem far apart. Drones and other autonomous vehicle technologies already influence the conduct of war in a significant way.…

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