A nuclear deterrent does not preclude major war. Putin has learnt this lesson—now Europe needs to do the same.

Most of these bases were home to Russian strategic heavy bombers—aircraft capable of carrying nuclear weapons. Using Russia’s mobile phone network, Ukrainian operatives remotely launched the drones, ...

Chinese Foreign Ministry warned that expanded U.S. nuclear deterrence talks with South Korea and Japan could raise ...

Nuclear policy debates are at their best when they force hard questions about risk, deterrence, and military necessity. They ...

At the same time, the Trump administration has sought to reassure allies that its commitment to Europe’s defense remains undiminished, pledging to sustain the nuclear umbrella over NATO. This ...

Speaking at a foreign policy forum in Moscow, the Kremlin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the global security system was ...

Historical experience shows that deterrence from an established army against a terrorist organization, guerrilla fighters, or national liberation movements is always limited. What will be the role of ...

There is a problem with deterrence; it’s not working. Not that we are about to descend into nuclear armageddon. But aside from nuclear wars, the United States’ deterrence paradigm does not seem to be ...

Surveillance Boosters Tout the Benefits of Deterrence, But There’s a Big Problem With That ...

Deterrence is no substitute for strategy, and there’s danger in confusing the two. A resurgence of debates about deterrence and coercion are necessary given their neglect in post-Cold War foreign ...

In 1948, psychologist B. F. Skinner conducted an experiment in which hungry pigeons were fed on a random schedule. Soon three-quarters of them were behaving in unusual ways, depending on what each had ...