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Yes, You Can Be a Feminist and Still Support Nuclear Deterrence

Alexis Schlotterback0 Comments

Published: May 4, 2026 In 1987, acclaimed feminist researcher Carol Cohn released a scathing gendered critique of Cold War nuclear deterrence. Cohn argued that the ‘technostrategic,’ masculinized language used to…

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Silent Signals: Russian and Chinese Conventional Threats to NC3 and U.S. Extended Deterrence in Australia

Natalie Treloar0 Comments

Published: April 27, 2026 Introduction Russia’s recent deployment of a conventionally armed, diesel-powered submarine to Indonesia should not be dismissed as routine naval activity. It is a calculated strategic signal.…

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The AI Revolution’s Outsized Impact on Deterrence

Robert Kittinger0 Comments

The impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on national security at large and deterrence specifically cannot be overstated. The business leaders competing in the field of AI, like Sam Altman, Elon…

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Hacking the Apocalypse: How Cyberattacks Could Trigger Nuclear Escalation

Gilles A. Paché0 Comments

Many of the world’s strategists still share the same conviction: as Kathryn Bigelow’s film A House of Dynamite (2025) dramatizes, nuclear escalation can only originate from a missile of unknown…

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The Uncertain Future of Nuclear Deterrence and Proliferation

Nazia Sheikh0 Comments

The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty was signed between the United States and the Soviet Union in 1987; it lasted until the United States withdrew in 2019. It contributed to…

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Nuclear Danger Remains in Ukraine Peace Settlement

Stephen Cimbala0 Comments

The Alaska summit between Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin on August 15, 2025, together with the follow-on meetings in Washington, DC, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European heads…

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Restoring Ukraine Sovereignty Requires Restoring Deterrence

Peter Huessy0 Comments

The impact on American security from the Ukraine conflict, especially the impact on the nuclear and extended deterrent for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) are significant. A key part…

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A Nuclear Umbrella in Peril: Lessons from North Korea’s Escalation Scenarios

Ju Hyung Kim0 Comments

What happens when the world’s most powerful nuclear arsenal blinks in the face of a nuclear strike? In a recent Atlantic Council “Guardian Tiger” exercise, the United States faced precisely…

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Drones and the Death of Deterrence: Lessons from Nagorno-Karabakh

Vikramaditya Shrivastava0 Comments

Drones did not change how wars are fought; they changed who can win them. In 2020, Azerbaijan used drones to dismantle Armenia’s defenses in Nagorno-Karabakh with chilling efficiency. Tanks, artillery,…

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Ghosts in the Skies: How Ukraine’s Drone Tactics Recast Modern Deterrence

Brandon Toliver4 Comments

What happens to nuclear deterrence when a non-nuclear state strikes deep into a nuclear-armed adversary? The stark reality is that the world does not collapse, but the era of conventional…

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Pakistan’s Response to Operation Sindoor

Nawal Nawaz0 Comments

After publicly asserting that the government of Pakistan was involved in the April 21, 2025, Pahalgam terror attack in Kashmir, India launched a barrage of missile strikes on nine sites…