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Defense Budget

March 30, 2026

Parsing the New National Defense Strategy: Upending Bipartisan Tradition

David J. Trachtenberg, Parsing the New National Defense Strategy: Upending Bipartisan Tradition, No.

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Grand Strategy

January 19, 2026

Parsing the New National Security Strategy: A Remarkable About Face

David J. Trachtenberg, Parsing the New National Security Strategy: A Remarkable About Face, No.

David J. Trachtenberg • National Institute for Public Policy
Russia US Nuclear Treaty

Russia

October 10, 2025

Time To End New Start

Various analysts and arms control proponents are salivating over President Trump’s recent comment that Vladimir Putin’s proposal to extend the...

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Military Strategy

August 23, 2025

Facilitating the Upload of Nuclear Weapons: What Congress Must Do

David J. Trachtenberg, Facilitating the Upload of Nuclear Weapons: What Congress Must Do, No.

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Uncategorized

June 12, 2025

Why Arms Control Must Fail

David J. Trachtenberg, Why Arms Control Must Fail, No.

David J. Trachtenberg • National Institute for Public Policy

Uncategorized

March 17, 2025

Defending America: The Next Steps in Homeland Missile Defense

David J. Trachtenberg, Defending America: The Next Steps in Homeland Missile Defense, No.

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Military Strategy

June 18, 2024

How the Lack of a "Two-War Strategy" Erodes Extended Deterrence and Assurance*

David J. Trachtenberg, How the Lack of a “Two-War Strategy” Erodes Extended Deterrence and Assurance, Issue No.

David J. Trachtenberg • National Institute for Public Policy
G7 Japan Analysis Kishida's Dilemma

Russo-Ukraine War

July 20, 2023

Arms Control in the Emerging Deterrence Context

Keith B. Payne and David J.

David J. Trachtenberg • National Institute for Public Policy
China Missiles

China

November 5, 2021

Back to the Future: A Misguided Understanding of China's Nuclear Intent

David J. Trachtenberg, Back to the Future: A Misguided Understanding of China’s Nuclear Intent, No.

David J. Trachtenberg • National Institute for Public Policy

Grand Strategy

September 14, 2021

Deterrence Implications of the U.S. Withdrawal From Afghanistan

David J. Trachtenberg, Deterrence Implications of the U.

David J. Trachtenberg • National Institute for Public Policy

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