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Deterrence is the central organizing concept of current U.S. strategy. In its simplest form, the term means discouraging aggression by threatening unacceptable consequences. Countries have been ...

The following speech was delivered by the Hon. Dr. Kevin Rudd to the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, on February 18, 2025. It is reproduced here in full. The Naval War College was ...

“To pursue peace through strength, it shall be the policy of the United States to rebuild the U.S. Armed Forces.” President Donald J. Trump, January 27, 2017. “[Gen. Martin Dempsey] told American ...

Chinese military vehicles carrying DF-17 ballistic missiles participate in a parade in Beijing on Oct. 1, 2019. The head of U.S. Strategic Command says he is keeping a close eye on all regions of the ...

In recent months, American policymakers have more than once found themselves contending with a danger that had for decades seemed consigned to the dustbin of Cold War history: the prospect of war with ...

Deterrence was the linchpin of U.S. defense strategy for decades, but the political and military context for deterrence has changed significantly. Instead of a single, near-peer opponent, the U.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 of the “integrated deterrence” ...

The 5th meeting of the Nuclear Consultative Group (NCG), a South Korea-U.S. extended deterrence consultative body, was held ...

As long as there has been war, there have been efforts to deter actions a nation considers threatening. Until fairly recently, this meant building a military establishment capable of intimidating the ...

Every time a federal judge sentences a criminal defendant, the law requires the judge to consider the need for the sentence imposed to deter criminal conduct. Judges, in turn, often rely on this ...