Topic:Indo-Pacific — Global Security Review %

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Beyond a Pacific Defense Pact 4: Blueprint for an Indo-Pacific Nuclear Alliance

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Published: April 9, 2026 The Indo-Pacific is rapidly emerging as the central theatre of global strategic competition. Unlike the Cold War in Europe, where nuclear deterrence involved two superpowers across…

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Strategic Adversariesallied resolve. , China, Cyber Espionage, cyber operations, Deterrence, Disinformation campaigns, economic coercion, gray zone, hybrid tactics, Indo-Pacific, Information Warfare, lawfare, maritime coercion, military provocations, North Korea, nuclear security architecture, regional stability, resilience, Russia, sanctions-evasion networks, strategic competition, strategic signalling

Beyond a Pacific Defense Pact 2: Gray zone campaigns and activities conducted by China, North Korea, and Russia in the Indo-Pacific

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Published: April 6, 2026 Strategic competition in the Indo-Pacific is increasingly taking place in the “gray zone”—the space between routine state competition and open warfare. Rather than relying solely on…

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Beyond a Pacific Defense Pact 3: A Nuclear Alliance as the Ultimate Backstop to Grey Zone Coercion

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Published: March 26, 2026 Strategic competition in the Indo-Pacific increasingly occurs in the grey zone, the space between routine statecraft and open armed conflict. China, North Korea, Russia, and Iran…

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Beyond a Pacific Defense Pact: Why the Indo-Pacific Requires a Nuclear Alliance

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Published: March 5, 2026 The Indo-Pacific is entering a far more dangerous strategic era. Military modernization, grey-zone coercion, and rapid nuclear expansion are reshaping the regional balance of power. Most…

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America’s Managed Retreat: How the 2025 U.S. National Security Strategy Shifts the Burden to Allies

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The United States’ 2025 National Security Strategy (NSS) is a document that has been written under the shadow of economic strain and military overreach, and it raises the slogan of…

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Techno-Economic power at the heart of the 2025 U.S. National Security Strategy

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The 2025 U.S. National Security Strategy (NSS) dropped on December 4th. The Secretary of War said: “Out with utopian idealism, in with hard-nosed realism.” The NSS could even further be translated…

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The Case for Deterrence: What the 2025 NSS Gets Right

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After ten months in office, the Trump administration has released its 2025 National Security Strategy (NSS), marking a clear shift toward an "America First" approach that emphasizes core U.S. national…

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A Realist Shift in Western Military Space Posture

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In late September 2025, Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink made history when he suggested the US Space Force is going full “space control” mode. This is the 2025…

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Deterrence of North Korea and Iran: Interests-Objectives-Analysis Framework

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On June 22, the United States struck multiple Iranian nuclear sites, marking a tipping point in its deterrence of the Islamic Republic’s nuclear ambitions. It was no longer enough to…

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

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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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Tech-centric Partnership in the Indo-Pacific to Deter Digital Curtain

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From Pakistan in the Indian Ocean to Kiribati in Oceania, a digital curtain is falling across the Indo-Pacific. Various actors are leveraging cyberspace and technological advancements to implement an alternative…