North Korea launches long-range cruise missiles ‘to test nuclear deterrence’ - Kim Jong Un says testing reliability of ...

In their article “ Europe’s Bad Nuclear Options ” (July/August 2025), Florence Gaub and Stefan Mair argue that the U.S. nuclear umbrella “for decades has shielded the continent from outside threats.” ...

In their quest to remake the global order, Vladimir Putin is ravaging Ukraine while Xi Jinping is threatening to do the same to Taiwan. Does this already signify the end of the “integrated deterrence” ...

Chinese military vehicles carrying DF-17 ballistic missiles participate in a parade in Beijing on Oct. 1, 2019. The head of U.S. Strategic Command says he is keeping a close eye on all regions of the ...

As a turbulent year draws to a close, the Middle East is entering another phase of heightened strategic tension, with the ...

Deterrence is no substitute for strategy, and there’s danger in confusing the two. A resurgence of debates about deterrence and coercion are necessary given their neglect in post-Cold War foreign ...

Russian troops block the Ukrainian military base in Perevalne during its 2014 annexation of Crimea. UC Davis political scientists have received a U.S. Department of Defense grant to study when ...

The following speech was delivered by the Hon. Dr. Kevin Rudd to the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, on February 18, 2025. It is reproduced here in full. The Naval War College was ...

During the Cold War, no concept was more central to U.S. national security strategy and to the relationship between the superpowers than deterrence. The concept long predates the Cold War, of course, ...

National security specialists talk about deterrence a lot. Like, a lot. Analysts are churning out a steady stream of articles debating how best to deter a variety of actors from taking a variety of ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. Dr. Max Smeets is a senior researcher at ETH Center for Security Studies and ...

At the change of command for the Indo-Pacific region in Pearl Harbor last spring, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced his concept of "integrated deterrence" as "the cornerstone of defense to ...