As Russian troops continue their invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has reportedly put his nuclear forces on high alert. Since Russian military forces began invading Ukraine on ...

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) is in the process of improving its nuclear forces as part of a larger modernization program. The ongoing modernization effort seems to include major new nuclear ...

In the days of radio, when a batter crushed a basebal that was headed for a home run, the famous sports announcer Mel Allen described the ball’s trajectory as “going, going, gone.” The same descriptor ...

The U.S. bombing of key sites related to Iran’s nuclear program has, not surprisingly, generated much debate over the wisdom of such strikes in light of their justification, efficacy, impact on Iran’s ...

At the change of command for the Indo-Pacific region in Pearl Harbor last spring, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced his concept of "integrated deterrence" as "the cornerstone of defense to ...

FOX News host Greg Gutfeld wondered Thursday if the U.S. still believes in the doctrine of extended deterrence. If Russian President Vladimir Putin has broken the traditional Mutually Assured ...

“A military is built to fight . . . and focus on fighting and fighting to win.” — Xi Jinping at the 19th Party Congress One dilemma (among several) for U.S. strategic thinking is the still-powerful ...

The Department of Defense is funding at least eight programs aimed at equipping each of the military departments with hypersonic weapons by the end of the decade. Hypersonic systems are designed to ...

All of these threats are, to one degree or another, ripostes to our inadequate thinking about escalation and deterrence. However, these efforts to avoid escalation have been resounding failures. The ...