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Indo-Pacific

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

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

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

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

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…
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Irregular Warfare: An Indian Perspective

Irregular Warfare: An Indian Perspective

An Ally’s Candid Concern: Watching India-China Tensions from the Front Row In a rare and refreshingly direct conversation, a senior international defense partner outlines why the growing tensions between India…
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Commonwealth Defense and Recruitment Hurdles

Commonwealth Defense and Recruitment Hurdles

The United Kingdom (UK), Canada, and Australia all have some of the most capable militaries on Earth, with histories of valor in various wars. However, all three countries in the…
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From Deterrence to Dominance: Strengthening US Nuclear Posture in a Shifting World

From Deterrence to Dominance: Strengthening US Nuclear Posture in a Shifting World

The global nuclear landscape in 2025 is not just unstable—it is accelerating toward unprecedented volatility, testing the very limits of American strategic dominance. New technologies, evolving doctrines, and intensifying rivalries…
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SLCM-N, the Virginia-Class Submarine, and AUKUS

SLCM-N, the Virginia-Class Submarine, and AUKUS

The sea-launched cruise missile–nuclear (SLCM-N) is a planned nuclear-armed cruise missile that is intended for deployment on US Navy submarines, potentially Virginia-class attack submarines, by 2034. Under Australia-UK-US (AUKUS) Pillar…
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ICBM EAR Report Week of March 17-23

ICBM EAR Report Week of March 17-23

Quotes of the Week ​ General Anthony Cotton: Emphasizes the importance of the Sentinel project and regrets the simultaneous tackling of multiple strategic modernization programs. ​ Strategic Command: Highlights the…
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ICBM EAR Report December 8th

ICBM EAR Report December 8th

Executive Summary: Week of December 8, 2024 This report asserts that the United States is at a critical inflection point in global security,  facing mounting threats from an increasingly assertive…
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Bolstering Extended Deterrence

Bolstering Extended Deterrence

As the nuclear deterrence landscape continues to change, the United States must reinvigorate its alliances and partnerships to project power effectively and effectively hold adversaries at risk. The 2022 National…
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Why India Made Up with China at the BRICS Summit

Why India Made Up with China at the BRICS Summit

For the past six years India-China relations have been at a low point with the two countries getting into skirmishes along the border. The worst of these was in 2020,…
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Political Uncertainties Are Affecting Europe’s Defense Buildup

Political Uncertainties Are Affecting Europe’s Defense Buildup

Following European Parliament elections in June, French president, Emanuel Macron, abruptly dissolved his own parliament and held elections that left him without a majority. In the United Kingdom (UK), Keir…
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