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Cyber Warfare

September 22, 2025

DIMET: Shaping the Age of "Techno-Strategic" Power

Curtis McGiffin, DIMET: Shaping the Age of “Techno-Strategic” Power, No. 637, September 22, 2025 Download PDF DIMET: Shaping the Age of...

Curtis McGiffin • National Institute for Public Policy
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Military History

August 5, 2023

Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Correcting the Record

As the world remembers the August 6, 1945, and August 9, 1945, anniversaries of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki it is important to avoid...

Curtis McGiffin • RealClearDefense

Uncategorized

March 22, 2023

Inconvenient Facts for the Disarmament Community

Since its release in October of last year, President Joseph Biden’s Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) has garnered significant criticism from the arms...

Curtis McGiffin • RealClearDefense

Russo-Ukraine War

March 17, 2023

Ending the Administration's Hopium Habit

In response to Vladimir Putin’s suspension of Russian participation in the New START nuclear arms control treaty and his promise to strengthen the...

Curtis McGiffin • RealClearDefense

Uncategorized

March 7, 2023

It Is Time Congress Save the Nuclear Arsenal

In this Friday, March 30, 2018 file photo taken from video provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, the Sarmat intercontinental...

Curtis McGiffin • RealClearDefense
United States Russia Nuclear Treaty

Uncategorized

February 23, 2023

It is Time to Withdraw from New START

On Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that the Russian Federation is suspending participation in the New START Treaty—the sole...

Curtis McGiffin • RealClearDefense

Uncategorized

October 15, 2022

Learning to Love the Bomb

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s repeated threats to use nuclear weapons should come as no surprise to anyone paying attention to Russian nuclear...

Curtis McGiffin • RealClearDefense

Military Strategy

October 2, 2020

The Lost Art of Deterrence Education

The 2018 National Defense Strategy (NDS) and 2018 Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) have fundamentally reset the strategic direction of the United States...

Curtis McGiffin • RealClearDefense

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