Deterring the Risks of Simultaneous Conflicts and Limited Nuclear Attacks in East Asia

Deterring the Risks of Simultaneous Conflicts and Limited Nuclear Attacks in East Asia

Speaker: Mr. Markus Garlauskas (Indo-Pacific Security Initiative of the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, Atlantic Council) Date: 26 October 2023 Speaker Session Summary Forthcoming! Speaker Session Recording Also forthcoming! Briefing Materials Report: The...
The Future of Nuclear Weapons, Statecraft, and Deterrence After Ukraine

The Future of Nuclear Weapons, Statecraft, and Deterrence After Ukraine

Speakers: Thomas Shattuck (Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania) Date: 17 October 2023 Speaker Session Summary Forthcoming! Speaker Session Recording Briefing Materials: Report:...
Russian Strategic Deterrence Frameworks

Russian Strategic Deterrence Frameworks

Author: Dr. Graeme Herd (George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies) Publication Preview This paper is structured around four key sections, each answering a core question. First,what is the relationship between Russia’s core strategic goals and the...
Double deterrence: Two challengers, one defender

Double deterrence: Two challengers, one defender

Author: Dr. Frank Zagare (University of Buffalo) Publication Preview During the cold war the conventional wisdom was that an all-out war between the United States and theSoviet Union was all but precluded. The key to this strategic nirvana was a carefully calibrated...
Strategic Culture – Its history, issues, and complexity

Strategic Culture – Its history, issues, and complexity

Authors: Dr. Lawrence A. Kuznar (NSI, Inc.); Nathan Heath (NSI, Inc.); George Popp (NSI, Inc.) Publication Preview The concept of strategic culture emerges in discussions of both tailored and integrated deterrence. Thisreport examines the concept’s history, current...
Nuclear Intimidation, A Russian Success Story

Nuclear Intimidation, A Russian Success Story

Speaker: Mr. Keir Giles (Chatham House) Date: 5 September 2023 Speaker Session Summary Russia’s long-term information operations (IO) and influence campaigns have altered how US and Western decision makers perceive the risk level of Russia using a nuclear weapon....