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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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Diplomacy in Great Power Competition and the Limits of Economic Statecraft

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Challenging Disarmament Disinformation, Deterrence & Foreign Policy, Strategic Adversariesalliances, China, coercion, Deterrence, Diplomacy, economic diplomacy, economic pressure, economic statecraft, extended deterrence, Foreign Policy, global politics, global security, Great Power Competition, innovation, international cooperation, international relations, investment, Military Strategy, nuclear triad, power rivalry, punitive deterrence, sanctions, tariffs, Thucydides Trap, Trade, United States

Diplomacy in Great Power Competition and the Limits of Economic Statecraft

Hafiz Ibrahim1 Comment

As contemporary rivals, the United States and China echo historical patterns of major competition between an established and a rising power, described within Graham Allison's article, “The Thucydides Trap: Are…

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