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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…

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Is Trump Right About Europe?

Amit Gupta1 Comment

Former President Donald Trump’s views on Europe are consistent. He has long criticized North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member-states for their failure to spend the required 2 percent of gross…

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The Narrative of Nuclear Deterrence: Shaping Strategy in an Uncertain World

Aaron Holland0 Comments

China’s nuclear breakout and Russia’s ongoing aggression leave many Western analysts uncertain as to what is in the mind of Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin. Nuclear deterrence remains the most…

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Self-Deterrence, Narrative Control, and Nuclear Deterrence: The Case of Israel

Aaron Holland1 Comment

The theory of self-deterrence has emerged as a pivotal factor in shaping the behavior of nuclear-armed states. At the heart of this concept lies the intricate interplay between reputational concerns,…

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Nuclear Deterrence Can Benefit from Using Actuarial Science

Joe Buff1 Comment

With the strategic environment getting more precarious every day, incorporating new methods of thinking about risk mitigation can aid the United States in better addressing the threat posed by Russia,…

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Countering the Asymmetry of Nuclear Strategy

Jonathan Trexel1 Comment

The 2023 Strategic Posture Commission rightfully called attention to US strategic force deficiencies and a renewed emphasis on nuclear deterrence. The security dilemma is not like it was between the…

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Integrated Deterrence: Which of These Two Words Is More Important?

Leigh Ramsay & Carl Rhodes0 Comments

At a 2002 workshop organized by the United States Air Force to examine surveillance and reconnaissance needs for a then-new War on Terrorism, one attendee proclaimed, “What we need is…

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We Are the Cat: How Schrödinger Can Teach Us to Hatelove the Bomb

gsharpe & GSR Staff0 Comments

By Lt Col Shawn Littleton Wild Blue Yonder, By Lt Col Shawn Littleton With the movie Oppenheimer bringing the Bomb back into our casual conversations, it is a good time to rethink…