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The New Nuclear Alliance Against the West

Campaign rhetoric aside, the next president and America’s allies around the globe already face a multi-lateral nuclear alliance directed against them. Worse yet, that alliance is on track to become stronger and with a larger collective nuclear arsenal. This autocratic alliance includes China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia. Its members are already acting globally, and […]

The New Nuclear Alliance Against the West was originally published on Global Security Review.

August 5, 2024
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The North Korean Missile Threat

When the United States withdrew its nuclear forces from the Korean Peninsula in 1991, it could not have known how the strategic environment would change over the next three decades. Today, alternative strategies to current nuclear weapons policy are needed. Understanding the fluid nature of the nuclear threat to South Korea from the north and […]

The North Korean Missile Threat was originally published on Global Security Review.

April 22, 2024
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Rebuilding a Credible European Nuclear Deterrent

The topic of rebuilding a European nuclear deterrent in a world of finite American resources was the topic discussed by Max Hoell in one of Peter Huessy’s recent online seminars. The discussion touched on the evolving challenges to American extended deterrence in Europe amidst growing nuclear capabilities and assertiveness from China, North Korea, Russia, and, […]

Rebuilding a Credible European Nuclear Deterrent was originally published on Global Security Review.

April 18, 2024
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Annie Jacobsen Gets It Wrong about Nuclear Deterrence

Annie Jacobsen’s new book, Nuclear War: A Scenario, is receiving rave reviews. It portrays a scenario in which a limited North Korean nuclear strike on the United States spirals into global thermonuclear war between the United States and Russia, ultimately killing a significant portion of the world’s population. For Jacobsen, who treats her fictional scenario […]

Annie Jacobsen Gets It Wrong about Nuclear Deterrence was originally published on Global Security Review.

April 11, 2024
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The Climate Change Consequences of Nuclear Weapons

With the recent release of Annie Jacobsen’s highly acclaimed novel, Nuclear War: A Scenario, Americans are waking up to the fact that it is time to reconsider the role of nuclear weapons in national security. One area that Jacobsen, among many authors, does not consider is the increase in global warming brought about by the […]

The Climate Change Consequences of Nuclear Weapons was originally published on Global Security Review.

April 9, 2024
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The Perilous Void: Imagining a World without U.S. Nuclear Deterrence

The Conference on Disarmament for the United Nations met on March 18th, 2024. Sixty-five member states were in attendance, including nuclear powers such as China, France, India, Israel, Pakistan, Russia, the UK, and the US. This meeting highlights ongoing global efforts toward nuclear disarmament and the complexities of maintaining nuclear deterrence while still supporting disarmament. […]

The Perilous Void: Imagining a World without U.S. Nuclear Deterrence was originally published on Global Security Review.

March 25, 2024
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Iran’s Quest for Middle East Hegemony

Since the Islamist Revolution (1979) Iran’s strategic intent experienced little change—drive the United States out of the Middle East. The Iranian regime aims at establishing dominance in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, the West Bank and Gaza, Yemen, and the Gulf of Aden. There are two ways to achieve the regime’s objectives. First, Iran can cross the […]

Iran’s Quest for Middle East Hegemony was originally published on Global Security Review.

March 7, 2024
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The Narrative of Nuclear Deterrence: Shaping Strategy in an Uncertain World

China’s nuclear breakout and Russia’s ongoing aggression leave many Western analysts uncertain as to what is in the mind of Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin. Nuclear deterrence remains the most potent strategy at preventing great-power war and the escalation that would entail the death of many millions. In nuclear deterrence, where the stakes are high […]

The Narrative of Nuclear Deterrence: Shaping Strategy in an Uncertain World was originally published on Global Security Review.

March 4, 2024
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