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Archive, Deterrence & Foreign Policy, Strategic AdversariesArms Control, cold war, defense policy, Department of Defense, department of state, National Security, Nuclear Deterrence, Paul Nitze, pentagon, policy advisor, review

Reflections on America’s Cold Warrior

James McCue0 Comments

America’s Cold Warrior is a biography of Paul Nitze’s professional life. For those not deeply steeped in this man’s career, he was a “stalwart of the arms control community” and…

Archive, Strategic AdversariesBook Review, cold war, Gorbachev, National Security, Nitze, Nuclear Deterrence, Regan, Russia, selective service, START, state department

America’s Cold Warrior: A Review

Michael Fincher & Christophe Bosquillon0 Comments

This book is not a stale history of an insignificant person. It is a well written, fascinating story centered around a very influential man. It just happens that the man’s…

Archive, Space Deterrence & Conflictaerospace industry, engineers, jet propulsion, lunar, Mars, Moon, NASA, National Security, OSAM-1, satellite, Space, Space Flight, Space orbit, STEM

Is the United States Losing Aerospace Engineers?

Alexis Schlotterback2 Comments

On February 22, 2024, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York updated its list of labor outcomes by major for college graduates. Surprisingly, the data revealed that aerospace engineering is…

Archive, Strategic AdversariesChina, demographics, economic, geostrategic analyses, National Security, Nuclear Deterrence, population, Russia, total fertility rate

Adversary Demographic Trends Are Eroding American Nuclear Deterrence

Joe Buff0 Comments

Differences in birth rates between countries can affect their demographics, with dire implications for national security. These differences can shift states’ relative economic and military power. They can also alter…

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…

Archive, Strategic AdversariesAir Force Global Strike, Bush, China, Congressional Research Service, National Security, Nuclear Posture Review, Russia, U.S. Military

The US Military’s Unwinnable War

Ray Vann2 Comments

The post–Cold War period’s absence of nuclear competition led the American military to believe that the only way to win a nuclear war was to never fight one. This belief is challenged…

Archive, Emerging Threats, Strategic Adversarieschemical weapons, drug crisis, fentanyl, narco-trafficking, National Security, opioid crisis, toxic chemicals, weapons of mass destruction

It’s Time to Declare Fentanyl a National Security Threat

Curtis McGiffin0 Comments

In testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee on March 1, 2024, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director, Christopher Wray, confirmed a wide array of national security threats are coming across…

Meet the SpiesAI, China spies, National Security, PRC, spies, trade secrets

Chinese Nationals Posing as Tourists Have Accessed US Military Bases and Other Sensitive Sites: Report

GSR Staff0 Comments

Chinese nationals, who sometimes posed as tourists, accessed U.S. military bases and other sensitive sites around 100 times in recent years, according to an exclusive report by The Wall Street Journal.…

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archiveextended deterrence, Foreign Policy, global security, inhibition, National Security, nuclear attack, nuclear capabilities, Nuclear Deterrence, proliferation, Russia, South Korea

Nuclear Challenges: Inhibition and Extended Deterrence

Aaron Holland1 Comment

An American grand strategy of inhibition, characterized by efforts to curtail the spread of independent nuclear weapons programs, has long been a cornerstone of American foreign policy. Rooted in the…

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The Israel-Hamas Conflict Has Spread the Fog of War Across the Western World

Lora Karch Dulgarian0 Comments

Hamas’ October 7, 2023, attack on Israel began a war responsible for the deaths of many thousands in both Israel and Gaza. The Israeli government and the Hamas controlled Ministry…

Defense & SecurityEuropean Union, National Security, Terrorism, United Kingdom

The Shifting Dynamics of Britain’s National Security Threats

Musa Khan Jalalzai

With the advent of the twenty-first century came differing classifications of national security threats and a shifting order of strategic preeminence. The risk of extremism and consistent alienation of citizens…