Ramesh Thakur
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How Much Damage Have Putin's Threats Done to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime?
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it’s fair to say, has already profoundly shaped the global discourse on nuclear weapons. In the deliberations at the...

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A Nuclear World in Disarray
We are in a uniquely dangerous period in the atomic age. Geopolitical tensions have spiked in Europe, in the Middle East, on the subcontinent and in...

Military Strategy
Towards a Multilateral Arrangement for Controlling Nuclear Weapons
The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty was signed by U. S.

Military Strategy
Syria a Symptom of a Broken International Order
Last Saturday U. S.

Military Strategy
The Bomb for Australia? (Part 2)
As we consider whether Australia should obtain nuclear weapons, we need to ask who might subject us to nuclear blackmail. In the authoritative...

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The Bomb for Australia?
In this three-part series, I examine the counter-arguments that proponents of Australia obtaining nuclear weapons need to address before the nation...

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The UN Nuclear Ban Treaty Is Historic on Five Counts
Nuclear weapons are the ultimate weapons of war and therefore the ultimate weapons to prevent and avoid war. This two-axis struggle is captured in...

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Nuclear Norms and the UN Ban Treaty
On 7 July, 122 states voted to adopt a new Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons . It articulates the world’s collective revulsion at the...

Iran
Trump May Have Just Relit the Iran Nuclear Fuse
On Friday, President Donald Trump refused to recertify the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. In a vituperative speech denouncing the Joint Comprehensive Plan of...

Military Strategy
A No First Use Policy Reduces the Risk of Nuclear War
Speculation is rife in Washington that President Barack Obama may announce several key changes to US nuclear policy in his final address to the UN...

A Defense Win for Americans and Israelis in Arkansas
By Bradley Bowman • RealClearDefense
A Path to Success Against Iran
By Michael Schwartz • RealClearDefense
The World Cup Is Over. The Drone Threat Isn’t.
By Mitzi Perdue • RealClearDefense
AI Should Speed Veterans’ Benefits, Not Decide Them
By Rob Schroder • RealClearDefense
Don’t Be Swayed by Tactical Nukes
By Benjamin Giltner • RealClearDefense

Big Surface Combatants are so Hot Right Now
By CDR Salamander
USS Stout Loses Power During Port Visit Due to ‘Engineering Casualty’
By USNI News
Air Force Lessons Learned From Operation Epic Fury
By Tabitha Reeves, National Defense
Marines Need Nine More Amphibious Warships To Carry Out Its Missions
By TWZ
AFRL, ACC Fly XQ-67A Drone To Test Autonomous Teaming
By Airforce Technology
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