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Archive, Strategic AdversariesArms Control, China, cold war, cuban missile crisis, North Korea, Nuclear Deterrence, Russia, three body problem, ussr, Vietnam

Nuclear Deterrence Is Not a Theoretical Game

Aaron Holland & Joe Buff0 Comments

During the Cold War, strategists used applied math for insights into nuclear strategy. Their techniques included game theory, macroeconomics, and systems analysis. These models, brilliant as their creators were, had…

Archive, Strategic AdversariesCanada, deception, Disinformation, Fake News, NATO, Nuclear Deterrence, psychological profiling, South Korea, three body problem, UK

Realpolitik and Fake News Complicate Nuclear Deterrence

Joe Buff & Aaron Holland0 Comments

For America to pragmatically solve the nuclear strategy three body problem—simultaneously deterring Russia, China, and North Korea—the United States must compensate for three characteristics of the international system: realpolitik, fake…