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Much Ado About Nothing: The Proliferation Debate Post Venezuela

Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Strategic Adversariesexternal intervention, industrial base, international politics, Iran, Iraq, Juan Guaido, Libya, Middle East, North Korea, nuclear domino scenario, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime, nuclear proliferation, Nuclear Weapons, President Maduro, realist school, regime change, Saudi Arabia, security studies, sovereignty, technological knowledge, U.S. intervention, U.S. strikes, Ukraine, Venezuela

Much Ado About Nothing: The Proliferation Debate Post Venezuela

Soumyadeep Bidyanta0 Comments

The morning of January 3rd, 2026, a U.S. Army delta-force team conducted an operation in Caracas, Venezuela, capturing President Maduro and his wife. The operation comes in the wake of…

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The Wrong Agenda for Political Debates

Archive, Emerging Threats, Strategic AdversariesAmerican government, autocrats, belt and road initiative, BRICS, bureaucracy, checks and balances, China, Civil-Military Relations, Donald Trump, fascism, hyperbole, Hypersonic Weapons, international politics, Iran, John F. Kelly, military, NATO, Nazism, North Korea, Nuclear Deterrence, Nuclear Weapons, policy priorities, political debates, Russia, space and cyber weapons, Stephen Cimbala, technocrats, technology, Ukraine

The Wrong Agenda for Political Debates

Stephen Cimbala1 Comment

In the aftermath of President-elect Donald J. Trump’s election, it is time for the national political dialogue to calm down and move away from dysfunctional hyperbole. During the presidential campaign,…

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Maintaining America’s First-Use Policy

Archive, Strategic Adversaries2024 presidential election, Aaron Holland, adversaries, American credibility, American national security policy, bipartisan consensus, conventional aggression, Deterrence, first-use policy, global stability, great powers, humanitarian consequences, international politics, military capacities, moral and ethical considerations, National Institute for Deterrence Studies. , NATO, nuclear conflict, nuclear deterrent, nuclear no-first-use policy, nuclear posture, nuclear proliferation, nuclear strategy, nuclear umbrella, nuclear war, Peace and stability , pragmatic necessities, strategic ambiguity, strategic logic, University of Utah

Maintaining America’s First-Use Policy

Aaron Holland1 Comment

As the 2024 presidential election looms, the future of American national security policy, particularly its nuclear posture, is under scrutiny. Whether Donald Trump reclaims the White House or Vice President…

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