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 ...

In their quest to remake the global order, Vladimir Putin is ravaging Ukraine while Xi Jinping is threatening to do the same to Taiwan. Does this already signify the end... The Pentagon is making a ...

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 ...

The strikes on Iran aimed to reassert existential deterrence, instilling fear, not just readiness, while pressuring NATO to evolve from transactional defense spending to credible strategic deterrence.