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Nuclear Right-sizing

Joe Buff0 Comments

At the core of American deterrence is the question of right-sizing the arsenal. Given the growing arsenals of China, North Korea, and Russia, there is ample reason to question whether…

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Rebuilding a Credible European Nuclear Deterrent

Christophe Bosquillon0 Comments

The topic of rebuilding a European nuclear deterrent in a world of finite American resources was the topic discussed by Max Hoell in one of Peter Huessy’s recent online seminars.…

Archive, Challenging Disarmament Disinformation, Strategic AdversariesCOVID-19, denuclearization, Gaza, Hiroshima, nagasaki, Nuclear Deterrence, nuclear disarmament, nuclear pandemic, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, Syria, Ukraine, world war III, WWIII

The Consequences of Nuclear Disarmament

Aaron Holland & Joe Buff0 Comments

Advocates of nuclear abolition wish humanity could live in a world without nuclear weapons. However, results of such a policy could be catastrophic. Bad actors, for example, would likely cheat…

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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Annie Jacobsen Gets It Wrong about Nuclear Deterrence

Peter Huessy2 Comments

Annie Jacobsen’s new book, Nuclear War: A Scenario, is receiving rave reviews. It portrays a scenario in which a limited North Korean nuclear strike on the United States spirals into…

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The Climate Change Consequences of Nuclear Weapons

Adam Lowther0 Comments

With the recent release of Annie Jacobsen’s highly acclaimed novel, Nuclear War: A Scenario, Americans are waking up to the fact that it is time to reconsider the role of…

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The US Military’s Unwinnable War

Ray Vann2 Comments

The post–Cold War period’s absence of nuclear competition led the American military to believe that the only way to win a nuclear war was to never fight one. This belief is challenged…

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To Deter in Space, the US Needs On-Orbit Parity

Joe Buff0 Comments

Space forms an infinite supranational common, which, as ultimate high ground, envelops the Earth and offers significant opportunity positive or negative use. Whoever can achieve on-orbit military superiority has the…

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Why Nuclear Weapons Abolition Will Kill Millions (Again)

Kirk Fansher3 Comments

Einstein once said that he did not know how World War III would be fought, but World War IV would be fought with sticks and stones. Nuclear abolitionists, in their…

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The Perilous Void: Imagining a World without U.S. Nuclear Deterrence

Aaron Holland1 Comment

The Conference on Disarmament for the United Nations met on March 18th, 2024. Sixty-five member states were in attendance, including nuclear powers such as China, France, India, Israel, Pakistan, Russia,…

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Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Fairy Tales

Peter Huessy0 Comments

The federal budget is currently working its way through Congress. The most visible target for cuts is the Department of Defense, in particular, nuclear modernization accounts. In 2010, Congress and…