Iran is trying to bolster its "battered deterrence" after a general vowed to respond "decisively and destructively" to any threats in the wake of U.S. strikes against Yemen’s Houthi rebels, an expert ...

Deterrence polemics have all but disappeared from most newspapers and television, and with each new theme for our national security strategy, we are reading, seeing, and hearing less about deterrence.

Whether the United States defines China as a global threat or a predominantly regional one will have pervasive implications for U.S. alliance and deterrence strategy in Europe and the Indo-Pacific.

Adams, E. 2010. “The joys and challenges of semi-structured interviewing.” Community Practitioner, 83(7), 18-22. Ahmed, S. A., Mohsin, M., & Ali, S. M. Z. 2021 ...

Nuclear-armed countries are becoming increasingly comfortable with making nuclear threats while US credibility fades. As the 2027 “Davidson window” approaches, Washington appears less concerned about ...

Your adversaries and closest allies might not need nuclear weapons to achieve deterrence — they just need you to believe they could build them at any moment. This strategy, which I detailed in a new ...

At the Munich Security Conference two weeks ago, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron underscored a deepening strategic alignment between their countries. Starmer ...

Can the United States achieve sufficient deterrence with fewer resources invested into nuclear weapons? Probably not. Former leaders of the U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) are encouraging the U.S.

"The current questioning of nuclear deterrence implies something other than its withering away. There is no post-nuclear strategy. . . .[T]he nuclear instrument remains the central element in the ...