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The Iran War and Nuclear Weapons: Paths Forward or Backward?

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Published: July 14, 2026 The announcement of a mid-June 2026 agreement between the United States and Iran on a framework for resolving the conflict that began on February 28 promised immediate relief for…

Archive, Strategic Adversariesarms sales, Beijing Summit, China, constructive strategic stability, cross-strait relations, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Deterrence, Indo-Pacific, Kuomintang (KMT), Lai Ching-te, Marco Rubio, military modernization, security commitments, strategic ambiguity, Taiwan Strait, trade negotiations, transactional diplomacy, Unification, United States

The Beijing Summit and The Future of Taiwan-US Relations

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Published: July 13, 2026 The central issue underlying the 2026 Beijing summit was not trade, agriculture, or aircraft purchases, but the future of Taiwan and the evolving structure of U.S.-China relations in the Indo-Pacific.…

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NATO 3.0 and the Nuclear Arsenal It Requires

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Published: July 6, 2026 Contemporary disagreements between the U.S. and its NATO allies have intensified over political, economic, and security issues. Disputes over trade, tariffs, defense spending, and expeditionary support reveal an unhealthy frustration with burden-sharing demands and…

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Redrawn Boundaries in the Eastern Mediterranean: Türkiye’s New Legal Moves

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Published: June 29, 2026 An Exclusive Economic Zone does not grant absolute territorial sovereignty to a coastal state. However, it secures the exclusive rights of a coastal state to explore…

Archive, Defense & Security, Economics & Trade, Emerging Threats, Strategic Adversariesanti-corruption enforcement, compromised elites, criminal organizations, cyber-enabled corruption, Deterrence, Disinformation campaigns, external rivals, foreign influence, fragmented sovereignty, geopolitical leverage, governance, Hybrid Warfare, illicit financial systems, influence operations, infrastructure dependence, infrastructure financing, institutional erosion, institutional resilience, investigative journalism, judicial independence, lobbying networks, military power, National Security, offshore finance, organized crime, patronage networks, political resilience, procurement oversight, public trust, regulatory oversight, sanction evasion, strategic investments, strategic stability, transparency

Strategic Corruption and the Future of Hybrid Warfare

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Published: June 23, 2026 During the Cold War, deterrence centered on missiles, troop deployments, and nuclear escalation. Military power still matters enormously, but modern strategic competition increasingly unfolds far from conventional battlefields. Rival states…

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Arms Control is No Panacea, But It Helps

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Published: June 22, 2026 Some eighty years after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the global community still struggles with the strategic, political, and ethical implications of nuclear arms races.…

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Trump Wants NATO Allies to Step Up-Can France Lead the Way

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Published: June 9, 2026 President Donald Trump has repeatedly criticized U.S. European allies for their alleged failure to assume a larger share of the responsibility for NATO deterrence and defense.…

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Russian Nuclear Deterrence and the Ghost of Stalin

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Published: June 5, 2026 Russia’s nuclear strategy occupies a central place in global security debates. With the world’s largest and most diverse nuclear arsenal and a leadership that frequently employs nuclear rhetoric, Russia’s approach…

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Turkey’s ICBM: Ambition for Autonomy

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Published: May 26, 2026 At the recent SAHA Expo 2026, Turkey unveiled a mock-up of the Yildirimhan (Thunderbolt) and released details about the long-range, four-engined, liquid-fueled ballistic missile. The designation…

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The Halls of Ivy and National Defense

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Published: May 19, 2026 The relationship between the federal government and American universities is tense and often misunderstood. The gap between the purposes and priorities of government, on one side,…

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Quiet Warfare: Bending Data and Perceptions in the Defense Industrial Base

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Published: May 14, 2026 Artificial intelligence is quietly redrawing the front lines of national security, and the United States’ Defense Industrial Base (DIB) now sits in the crosshairs of a…