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How Trade Disputes Threaten the Future of Arms Control

Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Strategic Adversariesaccountability, American exports, American global leadership, Arms Control, China, consensus, cyber warfare, dialogue, diplomatic relations, disarmament, equilibrium, fragmented world order, great powers, innovation, Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, military effectiveness, Muhammad Shahzad Akram, multilateralism, mutual respect, New START, nuclear deterrent, proliferation, protectionist policies, rare Earth minerals, restraint, sanctions, shipbuilding capacity, South Korea, strategy, tariffs, technological superiority, Trade disputes, transparency, trust, Ukraine conflict, US Army Science Board, US Navy, verification

How Trade Disputes Threaten the Future of Arms Control

Muhammad Shahzad Akram0 Comments

Global arms control regimes are built on the pillars of trust, dialogue, transparency, mutual respect, restraint, verification, and, most critically, consensus among great powers. However, leadership in this domain risks…

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The Nuclear Umbrella: Reassurance or Relic in a Shifting World?

Archive, Strategic Adversariesalliance unity, American influence, Article 5., China, collective security, defense capabilities, Defense Spending, economic interdependence, economic stability, extended deterrence, foreign investment, geopolitical tensions, Germany, global markets. , global security, Iran, Japan, military cooperation, NATO, NATO legacy, nonproliferation, North Korea, nuclear conflict, nuclear threats, nuclear umbrella, Poland, proliferation, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, strategic bases, Taiwan, Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), Turkey

The Nuclear Umbrella: Reassurance or Relic in a Shifting World?

Brandon Toliver9 Comments

Imagine a world where America’s allies are forced to develop their own nuclear arsenals. Instead of enhancing security, this proliferation could heighten the risk of nuclear conflict. Such a scenario…

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Proliferation Motivations and Modern Japan: Lessons Since Hiroshima

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Strategic AdversariesAtomic bomb, Existential threats, Hiroshima, Lessons, Modern Japan, Motivations, nagasaki, National Security, Non-proliferation, Nuclear arms control, Nuclear Weapons, peace, proliferation, warfare

Proliferation Motivations and Modern Japan: Lessons Since Hiroshima

Amanda Hart0 Comments

With the recent anniversaries of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it is time to reflect on the role of nuclear weapons in national security. These weapons are far…

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Congressional Haggling Jeopardizes the US Space Force FY 2025 Budget

Archive, Space Deterrence & Conflictcommercial space, defense budget, DoD, GPS, NDAA, proliferation, SASC, Space, space bill, space defense, space deterrence, space force, space policy, US Congress

Congressional Haggling Jeopardizes the US Space Force FY 2025 Budget

Christophe Bosquillon0 Comments

The US Space Force, if judged by inflation-adjusted funding in the fiscal year (FY) 2024 and 2025 budgets, is showing signs of decline. The Biden administration’s FY 2025 request of…

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America’s Downward Slide

Archive, Deterrence & Foreign Policy, Strategic AdversariesChina, cold war, Gulf War I, Iraq, Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, Korean War, Nuclear Deterrence, nuclear modernization, Nuclear Posture Review, Nuclear Weapons, proliferation, Russia, Soviet Union, Taliban, Xi Jinping

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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Nuclear Challenges: Inhibition and Extended Deterrence

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archiveextended deterrence, Foreign Policy, global security, inhibition, National Security, nuclear attack, nuclear capabilities, Nuclear Deterrence, proliferation, Russia, South Korea

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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Proliferation’s Rising Threat

Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Strategic AdversariesHouthi, Hybrid Warfare, nonproliferation, NPT, Nuclear Deterrence, proliferation, red sea, Russia, strategic posture, treaty, UN

Proliferation’s Rising Threat

Stephen Blank0 Comments

Although scholars readily acknowledge that the international order is under serious attack from Russia and China, they do not pay much attention to the task of detailing those attacks in…

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