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The Consequences of Nuclear Disarmament

Aaron Holland & Joe Buff0 Comments

Advocates of nuclear abolition wish humanity could live in a world without nuclear weapons. However, results of such a policy could be catastrophic. Bad actors, for example, would likely cheat…

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America’s Downward Slide

Peter Huessy0 Comments

In a recent Foreign Affairs article, Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates writes, The United States now confronts graver threats to its security than it has in decades, perhaps ever.…

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Annie Jacobsen Gets It Wrong about Nuclear Deterrence

Peter Huessy1 Comment

Annie Jacobsen’s new book, Nuclear War: A Scenario, is receiving rave reviews. It portrays a scenario in which a limited North Korean nuclear strike on the United States spirals into…

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The Climate Change Consequences of Nuclear Weapons

Adam Lowther0 Comments

With the recent release of Annie Jacobsen’s highly acclaimed novel, Nuclear War: A Scenario, Americans are waking up to the fact that it is time to reconsider the role of…

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Safeguarding Against Catastrophic Threats and Decapitating Strikes

Aaron Holland0 Comments

The Cheyenne Mountain Complex is a military installation located in Colorado and designed to provide command-and-control functions for the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and the United States Northern…

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Indo-Pacific Command: US Must Improve Nuclear Deterrence

Christophe Bosquillon0 Comments

On March 20, 2024, the House Armed Services Committee hosted a hearing on military posture and challenges in the Indo-Pacific. Assistant Secretary of Defense, Ely Ratner, testified that “China continues…

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Why Nuclear Weapons Abolition Will Kill Millions (Again)

Kirk Fansher2 Comments

Einstein once said that he did not know how World War III would be fought, but World War IV would be fought with sticks and stones. Nuclear abolitionists, in their…

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The Perilous Void: Imagining a World without U.S. Nuclear Deterrence

Aaron Holland1 Comment

The Conference on Disarmament for the United Nations met on March 18th, 2024. Sixty-five member states were in attendance, including nuclear powers such as China, France, India, Israel, Pakistan, Russia,…

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NATO’s Fledgling Nuclear Deterrence

Todd Clawson0 Comments

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) many strategic documents, leader speeches, and summit communiques regularly repeat the moniker, “As long as nuclear weapons exist, NATO will remain a nuclear alliance.”…

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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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It Is Difficult to Break the Russia-India Link

Amit Gupta0 Comments

When the Ukraine war broke out, India implemented a series of policy measures that took the West by surprise. In the United Nations General Assembly, it refused to condemn the…