The defense secretary said the U.S. mission in Iran is “most certainly not open-ended.” That claim is literally unbelievable.

This month, we’re zeroing in on a core tension in US strategy toward China: how to strike the right balance between ...

Maintaining deterrence requires clear-eyed assessments of our own nuclear and conventional weapons, ... It will likely take the type of dialogues that President Trump has proposed, ...

Considering the issues surrounding the Type 094 submarines, the Jin class may not be cut out for the true global nuclear deterrence role Beijing would like to purport. About the Author: Maya Carlin ...

Successful deterrence may then simply be about managing escalation and preventing specific types of strikes that would damage either country’s fundamental ability to maintain its security. Which ...

Israel's response on Friday night was designed to strike hard enough to establish a new type of deterrence, while avoiding escalation with Iran. In April, a wave of missiles ...

Russia’s use of a nuclear-capable ballistic missile marks a decisive, and potentially dangerous moment in Moscow’s conflict with the West.

1 / 2 Show Caption + Hide Caption – U.S. Navy Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, gives a keynote presentation at the Land Forces Pacific Symposium in Honolulu, Hawaii ...