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June 12, 2025

Australia and 'Stable Nuclear Deterrence' – Catching Up With a Changed World

Heralds of a new nuclear age are everywhere. Commentators point to the decline of relationships among the five Permanent Members of the UN Security...

Rod Lyon • Strategic Analysis Australia

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November 11, 2022

Biden's Nuclear Posture Review Is Too Timid for 2022

Nuclear weapons are serious capabilities, and declaratory policies are serious commitments. So readers who have followed the U.

Rod Lyon • The Strategist (ASPI)
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March 2, 2022

Will Putin Use Nuclear Weapons?

It’s still early days in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but so far nuclear issues have enjoyed a much higher profile than might have been expected....

Rod Lyon • The Strategist (ASPI)

China

October 2, 2020

Is China in Breach of Its Nuclear-Testing Commitments?

Covid-19 might be dominating the headlines these days, but other important issues still play out in the smaller font sizes. In last month’s executive...

Rod Lyon • RealClearDefense

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October 2, 2020

Will the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Survive the 2020s?

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the entry into force of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). The treaty has three...

Rod Lyon • RealClearDefense

China

October 2, 2020

China and Nuclear Restraint

China increasingly finds itself depicted as the bête noire of nuclear arms control. The U.

Rod Lyon • RealClearDefense

Indo-Pacific/Asia

October 2, 2020

There's No 'I' in 'Team', but Is There a 'US' in 'Indo-Pacific'?

Over recent years, Australian governments have made a conscious decision to recast their shorthand description of the strategic region within which...

Rod Lyon • RealClearDefense

Military Strategy

October 2, 2020

The U.S. Needs to Choose Its Battles Carefully

We live in the eternal now—a condition which makes it difficult to recall even what happened last week. So readers will be forgiven for not recalling...

Rod Lyon • RealClearDefense

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October 2, 2020

'The Costs of Conversation'

Oriana Skylar Mastro’s recently published book, The costs of conversation: obstacles to peace talks in wartime , is a tight, densely written piece of...

Rod Lyon • RealClearDefense

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October 2, 2020

Australia, Nuclear Weapons and America's Umbrella Business

Hugh White’s new book, How to defend Australia , has stirred up a hornet’s nest on the topic of potential nuclear proliferation. In one sense, that’s...

Rod Lyon • RealClearDefense

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