Rod Lyon
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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...

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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.

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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....

China
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...

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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...

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

Indo-Pacific/Asia
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...

Military Strategy
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...

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'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...

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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...

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By Meda Parameswara Reddy • RealClearDefense
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By Alexandru Filip • RealClearDefense
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By Lance Gordon • RealClearDefense
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By Ryan Kane • RealClearDefense

U.S. and Japan Begin Naval Exercises Near Taiwan
By Mari Yamaguchi • Associated Press
U.S. and Japan Begin Naval Exercises Near Taiwan
By Mari Yamaguchi, AP
U.S. Navy, Gecko Robotics Surge AI Maintenance Contract
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By Thomas Newdick, The WarZone
Dakota Meyer Tapped As Barracks Task Force Senior Advisor
By C. Stassis, MC Times
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