Matthew Costlow
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Grand Strategy
Deterrence is Integrated in Theory, but not in Practice
Matthew R. Costlow, Deterrence is Integrated in Theory, but not in Practice: The Problem and (Partial) Solution, No.
Military Strategy
Time to Withdraw From the INF Treaty
Dr. Colin S.
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Banning Nuclear Weapons
Let the international diplomatic finger-wagging begin. Today the United Nations will begin a new session on negotiations to make possession of nuclear...
Military Strategy
Why It's Safe to Scrap Bill Perry's Advice
Former Secretary of Defense William Perry recently took to the pages of the New York Times to argue against President Obama’s plan to develop and...
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The New Nuclear Cruise Missile and the Stability Argument
Nuclear strategists often like to speak of weapons or security events as “stabilizing” or “destabilizing. ” Whole books have been written on the...
U.S. Navy
America's Ultimate Weapon Is Getting Old
The U. S.
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No Respect for U.S. Non-Proliferation
It seems like the whole world has been chastising the United States lately for not cutting its nuclear arsenal deeply enough, quickly enough. In...
Iranian Cyber Operations
By Michael Groen • RealClearDefense
Reflecting on an Epic Horse Campaign in the Mountains of Afghanistan
By Brian Glyn Williams • RealClearDefense
The Godfather of American Foreign Policy Realism Speaks to Today’s World
By Francis P. Sempa • RealClearDefense
In Pursuit of Nuclear Abolition
By Peter Huessy • RealClearDefense
Innovation Alone Won’t Prepare the U.S. for the Future Battlefield
By Joshua Segal • RealClearDefense
26th MEU – U.S. Needs Crisis Response MAGTF
By Marine Corps Compass Points
The Influence of History on a Sea Power
By CDR Salamander
Navy Civilianizes Six Former Flag Billets, Reduces Six to Captains
By Mongilio, USNI N.
Raytheon's $8B Contract for Strategic Comms Terminal Modernization
By M+A El
America’s Maritime Moment Will Not Wait
By CDR Salamander
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