Guest blog by David Krieger: One steady factor in the Nuclear Age has been the adherence of the nuclear-weapon states to the theory of nuclear deterrence. Each country that has developed nuclear ...

In their article “ Europe’s Bad Nuclear Options ” (July/August 2025), Florence Gaub and Stefan Mair argue that the U.S. nuclear umbrella “for decades has shielded the continent from outside threats.” ...

The United States is “furiously” writing a new nuclear deterrence theory that simultaneously faces Russia and China, said the top commander of America’s nuclear arsenal—and needs more Americans ...

On Monday, the Pentagon announced the US will soon begin training the Ukrainian military in using howitzer artillery in an unnamed country. Presumably this will be in a NATO member state. If Russian ...

HSToday reached out to our community to discuss deterrence and its use in practical applications in law enforcement, counterterrorism, border control and other areas where it plays an instrumental ...

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Inadvertent war in Korea is more likely now than at any point in recent history. Whereas a second Korean war has always been possible, clashing U.S. and North Korean “theories of victory” — beliefs ...

That is consistent with US President Donald Trump’s preference for strategic ambiguity and transactional diplomacy. The US is preserving military capability while maintaining political flexibility for ...

Determining if biological attacks can be deterred requires a quick review of two topics: First, what are the basic tenets of deterrence, and second, how does this theory apply to biological threats?

In the recent controversy concerning the relationship between social class and criminality, the distinction between the more serious offenses included in the Uniform Crime Reports and the less serious ...