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Taiwan’s Nuclear What-If: Implications for U.S. Strategy and Global Security

Strategic AdversariesAmerican dominance, assured retaliation, asymmetric escalation, Belfer Center, catalytic posture, Chiang Kai-shek, China, Chung Shan Institute of Science and Technology, cross-strait security, CSIST, Department of Defense, extended deterrence, global security, Harvard Kennedy School, international security strategy, Japan, Kira Coffey, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, multipolar world, national security priorities, NATO, Nuclear Deterrence, nuclear non-proliferation, nuclear posture, nuclear proliferation, Nuclear Weapons, People's Liberation Army, Republic of Korea, ROK, Ryan Fitzgerald, Taiwan, Taiwan Strait, U. S. Air Force, U.S. strategy, Ukraine, Vipin Narang

Taiwan’s Nuclear What-If: Implications for U.S. Strategy and Global Security

Kira Coffey & Ryan Fitzgerald0 Comments

In October 1964, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) tested its first nuclear device at Lop Nur in China’s western Xinjiang province. Shocked by the test, Taiwan’s President Chiang Kai-shek was…

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Six Hours of Crisis: Martial Law, Democracy, and Leadership in South Korea

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Deterrence & Foreign Policy, Emerging Threats, Strategic Adversarieschecks and balances, civil liberties, Constitutional order, democracy, democratic institutions, democratic principles, executive overreach, external threats, internal threats, Leadership, liberal democratic system, martial law, National Assembly, political fallout, political tensions, President Yoon Suk-Yeol, Republic of Korea, resilience, South Korea

Six Hours of Crisis: Martial Law, Democracy, and Leadership in South Korea

Chun In-bum2 Comments

Korea was referred to as the “Land of the Morning Calm” and the “Hermit Kingdom” by those who founded it centuries ago. These titles reflect the nation's historical isolation and…

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