Deadlier weapons, more nations, autocrats in charge, disinformation and collapsing arms control — the risk of nuclear catastrophe is back.

Deterrence theory is least helpful when addressing nonstate actors such as Hezbollah and the Houthis. Guerrillas lack the high-value military targets of states. And because guerrilla units are mobile ...

Regarding Sorin Adam Matei’s “The Ukraine War Calls for a Revival of Deterrence Theory” (op-ed, Aug. 23): Classical deterrence theory had a simple unifying goal: Defend democracy from ...

Then they would spend the rest of the workday developing the military doctrine, deterrence theory and international arms control frameworks to prevent nuclear war — and if all else failed, how ...

Principles of deterrence inspired by game theory—a mathematical model used to predict the actions of hostile actors—governed the delicate dance between the U.S. and Soviet Union during the ...

Depending on the type of deterrence theory, the audience of declaratory policy may be different. For second wave deterrence theorist Thomas Schelling, the audience is the enemy power targeted for ...

Deterrence theory, as initially articulated by Cesare Beccaria, suggests that people commit crimes as a calculation of costs and benefits; that is, if they find an action to be beneficial, ...

Hiroshima officials criticized growing support for nuclear weapons as a deterrent resulting from uneasiness over Russia's war in Ukraine and tensions in the Koreas, commenting Sunday as the city ...