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Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Deterrence & Foreign Policy, Strategic AdversariesArms Control, Arms Race, artificial intelligence, China, cyber operations, Deterrence, global security, inspections, missile defense, national technical means, New START, nuclear arsenal, nuclear forces, nuclear modernization, precision weapons, predictability, Russia, space systems, stability, strategic deterrence, strategic stability, tactical nuclear weapons, transparency, treaty, U.S., verification

No Treaty, No Panic: Deterrence and Stability After New START

Curtis McGiffin0 Comments

The expiration of the New START Treaty on February 5, 2026 has fueled concerns that, absent formal limits, uncertainty surrounding U.S. and Russian nuclear forces could generate instability and elevate…

Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Defense & Security, Government & Politics, Strategic Adversariesaerospace industry, Arms Control Deals, B-52, China, Columbia-class submarine, command-and-control systems, Conventional Forces Europe Treaty, defense budget, Defense Spending, deterrence studies , Hard Sciences, ICBM, INF Treaty, Invest, Military Advances, Minuteman III, Modernization Shortfalls, Nation Building, nuclear forces, nuclear modernization, Ohio-class submarines, Peace Dividends, Peacekeeper Production Line, Procurement Holiday, Readiness Shortfalls, Reagan Economic War, Roger Wicker, Russia, Senate Armed Services Committee, Sentinel ICBM, Soviet Union, START Treaties, Workforce Shortage

Invest, Don’t Spend, Peace Dividends

Peter Huessy0 Comments

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, it was assumed that the US no longer needed a robust defense budget. As a result, the nation went on what Lt. Gen.…

Archive, Bonus Reads, Space Deterrence & Conflict, Strategic AdversariesAmerica, anti-ballistic missile tech, anti-satellite weapons, ASAT, ballistic missiles, boost-phase intercept, China, Christopher Stone, congress, cruise missiles, Department of Defense, Donald Trump, Golden Dome, homeland security, hypersonic missiles, missile defense shield, National defense, National Institute for Deterrence Studies. , nuclear forces, Ronald Reagan, Russia, SDI, sensors, Soviet Union, space attack forces, space forces, space infrastructure, space-based interceptors, space-based missile defenses, space-to-ground attack, Strategic Defense Initiative, trackers, untested technology

A Second Look at the Critiques and Narratives Against Golden Dome for America

Christopher Stone2 Comments

President Donald Trump’s Golden Dome for America is criticized for being provocative, de-stabilizing, opening Pandora’s box, and the so-called militarization of space. Yet these narratives are not new. The same…

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Euro-deterrence and the Quest for Peace in Ukraine

Stephen Cimbala0 Comments

President Donald J. Trump made it a priority for the United States to midwife a ceasefire and peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia. Europeans, including members of the North Atlantic…