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 a deeply misguided article in this publication, Zachary Kallenborn contends that the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) is a threat to humanity. To build this narrative, Kallenborn ...

Deterrence remains a useful concept so long as policy-makers account for the changing nature of warfare in the twenty-first century Deterrence is one of those ‘accepted’ doctrines used by governments ...

This post is authored by Duyeon Kim, adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security and columnist with the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. It is part of a project conducted by the ...

The world is witnessing a trend of countries increasingly integrating conventional and nuclear deterrence concepts, war-fighting plans, and threatening rhetoric. Such moves resurrect dangerous Cold ...

Deterrence is back in Europe. As NATO approaches its July summit in Warsaw, allies are adapting this concept to the new security settings in place in Europe since the 2014 crisis in Ukraine. Yet, ...

People often hear officials say they are trying to “restore deterrence” after a strike, then watch the conflict get worse anyway. That is because deterrence and escalation are not opposites in a ...