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Defense & SecurityNATO, Turkey, United States

New Age NATO: The necessary might of leadership, minus the inhibitions of bureaucracy

As the world gazed upon Speaker Pelosi’s flight route last month, be it via flight tracking apps, minute-by-minute coverage on CNN or various policy speculators huddled in D.C. corridors, one…

Defense & SecurityUnited States

F-35 Upgrades Must Not Compromise Readiness

Col. Rob Maness

As the world changes and threats evolve, the mission requirements for our major weapon systems need to evolve with them. This applies as much to the F-35 as any other…

Defense & SecurityNuclear Deterrence, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, United States

A New START for New START? The Future Russo-American Nuclear Arms Control

Stephen Cimbala & Adam Lowther

The war in Ukraine will end sooner or later. It may likely take the form of a negotiated peace settlement, which will allow traditional diplomatic relations to return between the…

Defense & SecurityChina, Cyber, India, Pakistan, Russia, Terrorism, United States

From Missiles to Microchips

Joshua E. Duke

This article was originally published on June 30, 2020. Efforts by the United States Intelligence Community (IC) to apply Cold War strategies to new age threats and non-state actors have…

Defense & SecurityUnited States

The Revolt of the Admirals: The Perspective of the General Board

John Kuehn

This article has been adapted from Chapter 9 of the author's larger work on the General Board, America's First General Staff (Naval Institute Press, 2017). Published with the author's permission. The…

Defense & SecurityChina, Information Operations, Information Warfare, NATO, Russia, United States

Understanding Information Operations & Information Warfare

Matthew J. Fecteau

This article was originally published on January 7, 2019. The concept of information operations (IO) has entered into our everyday lexicon without a precise definition. Any stated definition of information…

Deterrence & Foreign PolicyChina, South America, United States

The First Rule of Countering Influence: Don’t Talk About Countering Influence

Adam Ratzlaff & Emma Woods

This article has been updated from the version originally published on July 2, 2021. China’s growing influence in the Americas is neither in the U.S. nor the region’s interests. The…

Defense & SecurityChina, Russia, United States

The Department of Defense’s Multidomain Operations Challenge

John Laudun, Tom Kroh, Mahbube Sidikki, Robert Arp, & Adam Lowther

This article was originally published on October 21, 2021. In response to the shift towards Indo-Pacific regional concerns, the US Army and the Department of Defense began developing multidomain operations…

Defense & SecurityChina, Deterrence, Nuclear Deterrence, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, United States

Conflict and Competition: Limited Nuclear Warfare and the New Face of Deterrence

Gerald Brown

This article was initially published on December 16, 2019. "Nuclear weapons seem to be in almost everybody's bad book, but the fact is that they are a powerful force for…

Defense & SecurityIran, Terrorism, United States

A New Nuclear Deal with Iran Shouldn’t Be Accompanied by Terrorist Legitimization

John O'Malley

Iran has a new demand for U.S. diplomats as they conclude what will hopefully be the final round of negotiations for a new nuclear agreement later this month: Remove the…

Defense & SecurityEuropean Union, NATO, Russia, United Kingdom, United States

Escalate to De-Escalate: Russia’s Nuclear Deterrence Strategy

Joshua Ball

This article was originally published on August 20, 2018 as "Nuclear De-Escalation: Russia's Deterrence Strategy." Russia's military doctrine dictates the use of nuclear weapons in response to any non-nuclear assault…

DevelopmentAfghanistan, Taliban, United States

Protecting the Hazara People of Afghanistan is a Moral Obligation the World is Failing to Meet

Alice Hickson

Following the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in September, more than 2,800 Hazara Shiites were forcibly evicted from their homes. As an ethnic and religious minority, targeted violence from the Taliban and the…