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Can the UK and France Team up in the Third Nuclear Age? October 31, 2024

Europe’s only nuclear powers have a lot in common. France and the United Kingdom have both been contributors to NATO’s nuclear deterrence posture since the Ottawa Communique of 1974. Despite France not having joined the alliance’s Nuclear Planning Gr...

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The Nations on the Brink of Going Nuclear October 31, 2024

Barriers to nuclear ambitions have never been weaker, making it ever harder to dissuade smaller nations from pursuing the ultimate deterrent ...

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The Russia-North Korea Alliance October 17, 2024

As tensions flare in the Middle East, with some calling for the destruction of Iran’s nuclear program, two other American adversaries are signaling that they are increasingly prepared to resort to their nuclear arsenals. Russian President Vladimir Pu...

Russia

China’s Submarine Sinking: What We Know and Why It Matters October 15, 2024

Submarine operations are tightly held state secrets, so no wonder discerning fact from fiction regarding stories about them is daunting. The most recent case involves the apparent sinking of a new class of Chinese submarine—reportedly nuclear-powered...

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The Nuclear Option to Chinese Influence in Latin America October 04, 2024

Central to President Reagan's foreign policy was a steadfast commitment to confronting America's greatest ideological rival, the Soviet Union, on the global stage. While parts of the Reagan Doctrine remain contentious, like military aid to Nicaraguan...

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Latin America

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Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)

Is Nuclear Power the Aim of Ukraine’s Kursk Raid? August 13, 2024

The Ukrainian raid on the Kursk region of Russia has taken both the Russians and Ukraine’s allies by surprise. There is no doubt that the raid has embarrassed Moscow. The Russian Ministry of Defence clearly left a weak point open in their lines that ...

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Ukraine