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A Blueprint for Deterring War Over Taiwan

Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Emerging Threats, Strategic AdversariesAlan Dowd, alliances, Army Rotational Force-Philippines, ATACMS missiles, Australia, B-52s, Britain, CENTCOM, China, cold war, defense budget, Defense Spending, Deterrence, F-16V fighters, F-35s, France, Global Security Review, HIMARS systems, INDOPACOM, Israel, Japan, military options, military spending, Norway, Okinawa, Operation Epic Fury, Palau, Patriot systems, porcupine defense, PRC, Sagamore Institute, security, strategic ambiguity, strategic clarity, Taiwan, Taiwan Strait, Task Force-Philippines, Typhon missile systems, United States, World War I, World War II, Xi Jinping

A Blueprint for Deterring War Over Taiwan

Alan Dowd0 Comments

Published: March 23, 2026 Two parties have watched Operation Epic Fury (OEF) from a distance. China has been taking notes. The United States Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) has tracked munitions consumption…

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Reflections on Hiroshima: August 6, 1945

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Emerging Threats, Strategic AdversariesAir Campaign, atomic weapons, B-29, battle, Germany, Hiroshima, Japan, Manhattan Project, Nazi, Nuclear Deterrence, Nuclear Poster Review, Okinawa, U. S. Air Force, weapon, WWII

Reflections on Hiroshima: August 6, 1945

Paul Hendrickson0 Comments

Almost eight decades ago today, on August 6, 1945, the world entered the nuclear era when an American B-29 Superfortress bomber dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of…

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Why 2024 Is a Good Year for China to Attack American Forces

Archive, Strategic AdversariesChina, Guam, Indo-Pacific, jacked adversaries, Japan, Nuclear Deterrence, nuclear triad, Nuclear Weapons, Okinawa

Why 2024 Is a Good Year for China to Attack American Forces

Alexis Littlefield0 Comments

Military planners in the US appear biased toward a scenario that allows for multiple moves in a game called “Defend Taiwan from a Chinese Invasion.” In this game, there is…

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US Maneuvering in the Yaeyama Islands and the Second Thomas Shoal to Counter China

Archive, Emerging Threats, Strategic AdversariesChina, Japan, Okinawa, Philippines, Taiwan

US Maneuvering in the Yaeyama Islands and the Second Thomas Shoal to Counter China

Alexis Littlefield

China’s use of a salami-slicing strategy to gradually extend its influence in the South and East China Seas is proving challenging for the United States. One potential American countermeasure is…

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