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The Political Economy of Security

Archive, Strategic Adversariesartificial intelligence, autonomous drone warfare, cyber warfare, Defense Spending, Deterrence, discretionary spending, economic capacity, economic consequences, economic power, emerging technologies, entitlement programs, fiscal management, fiscal responsibility, global instability, global leader, government spending, Hypersonic Weapons, military power, military strategies, military strength, modernization, National debt, National defense, National Security, national security imperative. , nuclear arsenal, Nuclear Deterrence, quantum computing, security strategy, technological change, technological innovation, warfare, weapons modernization

The Political Economy of Security

Aaron Holland1 Comment

As Americans enter an era of unprecedented technological innovation and global instability, the question of how to secure the nation’s future looms large. While discussions around deterrence often focus on…

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Reviving Cold War Air Bases: A Strategic Move for Modern Deterrence?

Archive, Strategic Adversariesair base, B-21, B-52, bombers, China, cold war, ICBM, infrastructure, international order, modernization, National defense, National Security, North Korea, nuclear triad, SSBN

Reviving Cold War Air Bases: A Strategic Move for Modern Deterrence?

Joshua Thibert3 Comments

The West is behind in rebuilding the infrastructure needed to meet the emerging threats posed by China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia. The re-emergence of great-power competition requires an intense…

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Increasing the Archipelagic Defense from the Philippines to Japan

Archive, Strategic AdversariesAba Island, Asia-Pacific, CADC, China, Hawaii, India, Indo-Pacific, Islands, Japan, National defense, pacific ocean, Philippines, PLA, South China Sea, South Korea, Taiwan, Yonaguni Islands

Increasing the Archipelagic Defense from the Philippines to Japan

Alex Littlefield1 Comment

Andrew Erickson and Joel Wuthnow’s article, “Why Islands Still Matter in Asia,” discusses the views of Major General Karl Ernst Haushofer, Germany’s military attaché to Japan from 1908 to 1910.…

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Nuclear Right-sizing

Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Strategic AdversariesArms Control, China, Iran, National defense, National Security, North Korea, Nuclear Deterrence, nuclear disarmament, nuclear proliferation treaty, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, test ban treaty

Nuclear Right-sizing

Joe Buff0 Comments

At the core of American deterrence is the question of right-sizing the arsenal. Given the growing arsenals of China, North Korea, and Russia, there is ample reason to question whether…

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