The Cold War ended in 1991. The United States’ commitment to prevent its adversaries’ nuclear ambitions and to extend its nuclear arsenal as an umbrella of protection to its partners has remained ...

As a contributor to that Joint Staff effort, I have been revisiting that experience since the Department of Defense issued ...

Between the Ukraine War and Operation Midnight Hammer, nuclear deterrence once again proved itself to be the defining issue ...

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The Trump administration’s newly released National Defense Strategy (NDS), unveiled on the 23rd (local time), has sparked ...

The term “extended deterrence (nuclear umbrella)” was omitted from the Trump administration’s new National Defense Strategy (NDS). It was also absent from the National Security Strategy (NSS), the top ...

The puzzle of nuclear deterrence is now further muddied by the emergence of cyber threats and their nebulous role in conflict escalation. As doctrine continues to be shaped, there is the ongoing risk ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un announced plans to strengthen the country's nuclear deterrent at the upcoming Workers' Party ...

We are entering a new nuclear era—one less stable, less predictable, and less forgiving than the world many hoped would emerge after the Cold War. Our task is not to lament that lost moment, but to ...

Donald Trump has rolled out America’s stark new National Defense Strategy. Europeans need to be prepared to take control of ...

At its current production rates, China is likely to have a far more menacing submarine force than Russia in short order—though its quality is still uncertain.