Nuclear Strategy
How To Strengthen Nuclear Failsafe
Ensuring shared failsafe protocols is the best way to improve nuclear security in a world where arms control progress has stalled. In 1958, an article by Frank Bartholomew shed light...
Facing Donald Trump, Germany Should Engage With U.S. Conservatives
As Donald Trump prepares to return to the Oval Office, much attention in the German debate has been focused on his broader policy agenda, especially the possible centralization of power...
China’s Nuclear Rise
Does the rise of China as a nuclear strategic superpower present a fundamental threat to deterrence, arms control, and arms race stability? Experts contend that China has set in motion...
China’s Nuclear Rise
Does the rise of China as a nuclear strategic superpower present a fundamental threat to deterrence, arms control, and arms race stability? Experts contend that China has set in motion...
U.S. Nuclear Strategy and the Future of Arms Control
According to recent press reports, the Biden administration has approved a secret nuclear strategy designed to adapt U.S. defense planning to the anticipated rise of China as a third nuclear...
It’s Time to Build the Nuclear Arsenal of the Twenty-First Century
The international system is in chaos. Earlier this summer, North Korea claimed to have launched a ballistic missile carrying multiple independent nuclear warheads. This test comes on the heels of...
The Russian Military Has ‘Nuclear’ Plans to Stop an Invasion by China
Despite the dramatic headlines, the leaked Russian military documents that discuss the conditions (including a Chinese invasion scenario) a beleaguered Moscow might resort to using nuclear armaments is not surprising....
China’s Nuclear Weapons Buildup Is a Strategic Breakout
The October 2023 bipartisan Congressional Strategic Posture Commission’s report contained two important insights concerning the implications of China’s nuclear weapons buildup: 1) the United States will soon be threatened not...
Nuclear Strategy “Through a Glass Darkly”
The Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States issued its final report in October 2023. Because of the ongoing wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, it...
The U.S. Navy Should Worry About a Russian ‘Limited’ Nuclear Strike
Here’s What You Need to Remember: Instead of lowering the threshold and making some kind of nuclear warfare exchange more possible, many prominent U.S. military leaders are clear that the Pentagon’s...
The Air Force Has Plans for the B61-12 Nuclear Bomb
The Air Force’s F-35 jet will soon be armed with an upgraded, multifunctional variant of the B61-12 nuclear bomb. A successful release of two inert weapons from the Aircraft during...
Russia’s Nuclear Weapon Strategy Is Just Completely Insane
Key point: The outlook for Russia’s nuclear forces is less important than the serious improvements Russia is seeking to make in its conventional forces, especially in Europe. Americans don’t think very much...