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Thus goes the central premise of deterrence theory, which says it is the credible threat of aggression — not the use of aggression — that will ensure states avoid war. This theory has dominated much of America’s strategic thinking over the past 50-plus years, but new technologies and new adversaries threaten to upend the status quo. For the first time, China has started to outpace the U.S. in critical weapons programs — the country developed a new type of weapon cal...

It is a danger to this country. now were going through a new cycle. and trump is talking about kim jung-un and his private negotiations with him, which are traumatizing his national security team. and trump literally says about kim jung-un and his missiles, well, if he shoots, he shoots. if he shoots he shoots. the whole premise of deterrence theory is it is unthinkable to shoot. that we now have putin talking about it. but here is trump kind of saying, if he shoots he shoots, well, well destroy...

Today, the Department of Defense released the unclassified National Defense Strategy (NDS), Nuclear Posture Review (NPR), and Missile Defense Review (MDR).

Potential to dramatically alter the situation. not clear what we would do in response to that. we havent signaled any clear path of retaliation, which i think is a mistake. one of the mistakes weve consistently made is failing to make clear to putin the scale of the down side to is escalation. we use sanctions as a deterrent. it didnt work. were not now saying anything about what would happen if he resorts to a nuclear weapon and gives him the impression that we wouldnt do much except more sanct...

Facing double the number of peer threats that existed in 2010, the U.S. will need to adjust its nuclear forces in kind.

If American deterrence fails, it may not be because the United States’s adversaries doubt U.S. military capabilities, so much as they doubt American willpower.

Robert Powell, political science professor whose research primarily focused on conflict and politics in weakly institutionalized states, died Dec. 13. 

Credible deterrence requires kinetic and non-kinetic capabilities, political will, and clear communication of a specified threat of force.