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.

The U.S. is producing nuclear weapons at levels not seen since the Cold War, Energy Secretary Chris Wright says, citing ...

OMAHA, Nebraska—The U.S. government needs to be quicker about rolling out new integrated deterrence efforts, the Pentagon’s top military officer says, as global tensions have risen since the Biden ...

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 arms race between United States and the then Soviet Union saw a proliferation of nuclear warheads as well as their vectors. The arms race between United States and the then Soviet Union saw a ...

In 2023, fears of World War III were at their highest since the Cold War. Russia put its nuclear deterrence forces on high ...

The Ronald Reagan Minuteman Missile State Historic Site played a major role in the U.S. strategy of nuclear deterrence during ...

In a forthcoming paper in AEI’s Affording Defense project, I argue that the US nuclear force structure requires enhanced strike capacity, flexibility, and selectivity. Enhanced strike capacity due to ...

Dmitry Peskov says Russia’s nuclear arsenal guarantees national survival as tensions with NATO and the West intensify.

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