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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

A Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement was signed in September between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. According to media and policy deliberations, the agreement could be a sign that Pakistan will no longer ...

During the 1970s, a quiet shift in Soviet missile technology exposed a serious vulnerability in America’s nuclear deterrent.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The sponge metaphor first emerged in 1978 when the Air Force’s top general announced a new plan to base cutting-edge nuclear ...

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.

Japan’s identity as a country affected by atomic bombings appears to be changing to an emphasis on deterrence under the U.S. nuclear umbrella. At the Peace Tower by the banks of the Ota-Gawa River, ...

The Korean Peninsula illustrates why the stable management of nuclear risk has become more urgent than denuclearization ...