“The rush to transform Cold War deterrence into a weapon against nuclear terrorism opens the door to a host of unintended yet dangerous consequences,” warns a new Council Special Report, Deterring State Sponsorship of Nuclear Terrorism. “Wielded ...

The UK’s nuclear deterrent strategy is outdated and a lack of expertise has left the country with an “awful lot of ground to make up”, a report backed by the former head of the civil service has warned.

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 diplomatic and security guideline,

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Fading U.S. leadership has countries from Poland to South Korea thinking about nuclear-weapons programs of their own.

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 that capable states will decide a cyber-attack warrants ...

Ending the Ukraine War will ultimately require some US-Russia nuclear arms agreement. As the United States, Russia, Ukraine, and most of Europe discuss a peace agreement for the war in Ukraine, an important aspect of conflict resolution is receiving little ...

As a contributor to that Joint Staff effort, I have been revisiting that experience since the Department of Defense issued its 2026 NDS last week. I helped write a defense strategy during a genuinely dangerous period,