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Is The Air Campaign Against Iran an Illegal Use of Force?

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Defense & Security, Deterrence & Foreign Policy, Government & Politics, Strategic AdversariesArticle I, Article II, authority, commander in chief, conflict, congress, Constitution, declaration of war, election year , imminent danger, Intelligence, justification, legislation, military, National defense, partisan, passive consent, preemption doctrine, president, public defense, public opinion, strikes, United States, war, War Powers Act

Is The Air Campaign Against Iran an Illegal Use of Force?

Michael Fincher0 Comments

Published: March 12, 2026 Whenever the United States resorts to military force, the same question echoes through Washington and beyond: Did President Trump act within the law? Recent controversies surrounding…

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Exposing Willful Blindness: American Strength Is Nonnegotiable

Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Bonus Reads, Defense & Security, Strategic AdversariesAmerican nuclear posture, Arms Race, ballistic missiles, Berlin, China, cold war, Cuba, Defense Spending, Deterrence, Diplomacy, escalation risks, extended deterrence, global stability, humanitarian impacts, INF Treaty, Iran, Katerina Canyon, mutually assured destruction, NATO, nonproliferation, North Korea, Nuclear dominance, nuclear modernization, public opinion, Quds Force, RAND study, Russia, slcm-n, space-based interceptors, START Treaty, strategic stability

Exposing Willful Blindness: American Strength Is Nonnegotiable

Brandon Toliver10 Comments

Katerina Canyon’s op-ed, “From Deterrence to Diplomacy: Why Nuclear Dominance Is a Dangerous Illusion,” calls for restraint and diplomacy rather than a robust nuclear arsenal. While her concerns over escalation…

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An Endgame in Ukraine

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Deterrence & Foreign Policy, Government & Politics, Strategic AdversariesAmerican weapons, Christophe Bosquillon , conflict resolution, Crimea, cyber warfare, Deterrence, Donbass, drone warfare, EU, European NATO, missile warfare, NATO, natural gas, negotiated settlement, nuclear arms, public opinion, reconstruction, Russia, sanctions, space warfare, Trump administration, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin

An Endgame in Ukraine

Christophe Bosquillon1 Comment

The incoming Trump administration will pick up the Ukraine dossier where the outgoing administration left it. As American leadership moves away from election rhetorics and back to the reality of…

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