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Resilience Never Activated, Deters No One

Archive, Defense & Security, Deterrence & Foreign Policy, Strategic Adversariesadversary, AI-enabled systems, assurance claim, autonomous systems, BEA, Bureau of Economic Analysis, cascading failures, CISA, continuity costs, continuity plan, continuity planning, continuity target, critical infrastructure, Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Agency, cross-sector scenarios, denial, dependency structure, Deterrence, disruption, dynamic resilience, electric power, empirical testing, Federal Continuity Directive 2, Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, governance, inoperability, input-output accounts, interconnected systems, interdependence model, mission essential functions, National Critical Functions, National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST, NIST SP 800-82, operational data, operational parameters, recovery rates, service floors, systemic damage, systemic loss, telecommunications

Resilience Never Activated, Deters No One

Burak Oktenli0 Comments

Published: September 28, 2026 Deterrence by denial rests on a practical promise. An attack on a state’s infrastructure will not produce the effect an adversary expects. Resilience contributes to that…

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Deterrence on Layaway: A Shutdown’s Quiet Assault on American Security

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Deterrence on Layaway: A Shutdown’s Quiet Assault on American Security

Brandon Toliver0 Comments

Published: March 30, 2026 A nation does not need to lose a battle to look weak. Sometimes it only needs to miss a paycheck. Washington often treats budget shutdowns as…

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How Diplomacy Can Save GPS

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How Diplomacy Can Save GPS

Dana Goward0 Comments

Imagine drones are forced to land. Rockets are deflected. Electrical grids, telecommunications, and transportation systems are degraded. Airliners are driven off course. Interference with Global Positioning System (GPS) signals is…

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