Deterring Nuclear Terrorism in the Era of Great Power Competition

As the Cold War ended and new counterterrorism priorities took root in the 2000s, the threat of nuclear terrorism cemented itself as the ultimate catastrophic scenario. Dick Cheney famously stated shortly after September 11, 2001, “If there was even a [one] percent chance of terrorists getting a weapon of mass destruction, and there has been […]

Deterring Nuclear Terrorism in the Era of Great Power Competition was originally published on Global Security Review.

September 11, 2025
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