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If You Build It, They Might Come

James McCue0 Comments

Beneficiaries of American extended deterrence seek reassurance through visible and tangible efforts. This default to only thinking about American action disregards important options to improve nuclear deterrence. There is a…

Allies & Extended Deterrence, ArchiveDeterrence, gravity bomb, Hybrid Warfare, Nuclear Deterrence, Nuclear Weapons

Will the B61-13 Repair US Nuclear Deterrence and Assurances?

James Ragland0 Comments

David Trachtenberg of the National Institute for Public Policy wrote in 2021 that the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan and the resurgence of the Taliban have raised significant concerns…

Defense & SecurityNuclear Deterrence, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, United States

A New START for New START? The Future Russo-American Nuclear Arms Control

Stephen Cimbala & Adam Lowther

The war in Ukraine will end sooner or later. It may likely take the form of a negotiated peace settlement, which will allow traditional diplomatic relations to return between the…

Defense & SecurityChina, Deterrence, Nuclear Deterrence, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, United States

Conflict and Competition: Limited Nuclear Warfare and the New Face of Deterrence

Gerald Brown

This article was initially published on December 16, 2019. "Nuclear weapons seem to be in almost everybody's bad book, but the fact is that they are a powerful force for…

Defense & SecurityNuclear Deterrence, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, United States

A History of Damage Limitation in U.S. Nuclear War Planning

Richard Purcell

The concept of nuclear damage limitation dates back to the early 1960s. Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, described it as “the ability to reduce…