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What Does Xi Jinping’s Engagement in Conflicts Reveal to the World?

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What Does Xi Jinping’s Engagement in Conflicts Reveal to the World?

Dawood Tanin0 Comments

The world today is more unsettled and volatile than ever. The war in Ukraine has become Europe’s largest conflict since World War II. Tensions between Israel and Iran cast a…

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Restoring Deterrence

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Strategic AdversariesAfghanistan, Austria, B21 Raider, China, Columbia-class SSBN, Crimea, Czechoslovakia, D-Day, Dean Acheson, Defense Spending, Deterrence, Diplomacy, Dunkirk, F-35, Germany, Henry Kissinger, Iran, Israeli deterrence, Korea, military strikes, NATO, Normandy, North Korea, Nuclear Weapons, Peter Huessy, Rhineland, Russia, Sentinel ICBM, Trump administration, Ukraine, WWII

Restoring Deterrence

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Victor Davis Hanson commemorated D-Day and reminded Americans of how difficult it was for the allies in WWII to recover from the May 26–June 4, 1940, evacuation from Dunkirk. For…

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The Case for US Low-Yield Nuclear Options in Korea

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The Case for US Low-Yield Nuclear Options in Korea

Ju Hyung Kim0 Comments

The Atlantic Council’s recent report detailing the outcomes of the Guardian Tiger tabletop exercises revealed a sobering scenario. If North Korea were to conduct a tactical nuclear strike against South…

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