The myth of stable nuclear deterrence is fading in South Asia as competition and mistrust deepen. Are current doctrines ...

What is missing, and what Israel's own experience of deterrence theory makes painfully legible, is a victory doctrine.

The current confrontation between the United States, Israel, and Iran increasingly resembles what strategic analysts describe as an “escalation trap”—a situation in which each move intended to improve ...

HIROSHIMA--In his Peace Declaration, Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui exhorted the world’s leaders to veer away from their ...

The ceasefire reveals what much of the commentary missed: diplomacy did not produce quiet - deterrence did. In the Middle ...

For a country committed to no-first use, INS Aridhaman is another step towards the most survivable form of deterrence: one ...

A strategic analysis of the Islamabad talks and the subtext behind US vice-president JD Vance’s statement.

The goals of the attacks on Iran are ambitious: to eliminate the Iranian threat, delegate Middle Eastern security to regional ...

China, the U.S., Russia and others have ramped up their contest over artificial-intelligence-backed weapons and military ...

Will the U.S.-Iran war turn out to have been the 39-day war, following the locution of the 12-day Israel-Iran war of June ...

Operation Epic Fury launched on February 28, 2026, and struck at a moment when the post‑Cold War international order was ...