#Deterrence

Martin “Black Lives Matter” Pfeiffer 🏳️‍🌈

NuclearAnthro

Buried lede: Iran taking steps in response to Israeli/US murder of nuclear scientist. Iranian moves have been rational by metrics of compellence/deterrence (JCPOA, Soleimani: proportional, consistency). this is “Trump Administration,”

Max Ajl

maxajl

It is shocking that anyone takes at face value US claims of ‘fighting ISIS’ or ‘protecting the Kurds’ when so-called counterterrorism & protecting minorities have been the literal justifications for

Mark Fitzpatrick

MarkTFitz

We already knew that John Bolton was obsessed with Iran and believed that only bombing and regime change could stop its nuclear threat. Reading his book made me realize how

Alessio Patalano

alessionaval

PM to announce largest military investment in 30 years - Text of PM statement to the HoC. There is a lot in there, and this conversation will have to be

Aaron Mehta

AaronMehta

Pentagon tech head Mike Griffin now delivering a keynote at #DNConf , leading off by rewinding to the end of the Cold War and how China and Russia caught up.

Steven Stashwick

StevenStashwick

By @DavidLarter on Congress cutting design $ for cruiser replacement. Tough, but I'm sympathetic to Congress's frustration, especially because Navy should have been able to make a compelling case for

Monika L Richter

mlrchtr

1/ Before I left Brussels, I sat down with @KacaSaf for a detailed interview (in Czech) to discuss what the #EU is getting wrong in its approach to tackling #disinformation.

Elbridge Colby

ElbridgeColby

I make the case why Taiwan is defensible & why US shld defend it in @WSJopinion: https://www.wsj.com/articles/america-can-defend-taiwan-11611684038?mod=e2two. No 2 ways abt it: V. tough to do, BUT can be done

Michael Knights

Mikeknightsiraq

In the sequel to "Drones Over Riyadh", here is "Rockets over Erbil" - Thread to follow @WashInstitute https://bit.ly/3ufz1nA The piece makes a simple point: the complexity of dealing with this

Kartuli Cthulhu

UnspeakablChaos

One of the more interesting military developments of the past few decades is the American pursuit of increasingly sophisticated and more potent nuclear capabilities in parallel with increasingly dense missile

Joshua H. Pollack

Joshua_Pollack

This conversation is long, long overdue. I’d question the emphasis on reinforcing deterrence—NK hasn’t invaded the South since 1950 and shows few signs of repeating that error soon—but a pragmatic

Molly Hurley 崇福秋

smollyhurley

Just out today is my article for @BulletinAtomic! I talk about how the TPNW could be an opportunity to move towards a more post-colonial understanding of security. In particular, the

Ankit Panda

nktpnd

There are serious proponents in Japan (and elsewhere in Asia) of American post-INF ground-based missile deployments; not one that I’ve spoken to sees targeting Chinese nuclear forces with these capabilities

ali ahmed

aliahd66

https://stratnewsglobal.com/india/china-realised-were-not-budging-had-to-relent-northern-army-commander-lt-gen-yk-joshi/ the spin is that it is status quo ante now. but mind you it is not so in that we have given up crossing over to our cla

Roshan Kishore

Roshanjnu

1/n: A (pessimistic) thread on political economy of the Supreme Court staying the 3 farm laws: On the face of it, the court had indicted the govt for not doing

Jessica Price

Delafina777

I have very mixed feelings about this. (Thread) https://twitter.com/KevinMKruse/status/1328696351497007104 So, like, on one hand, I don't believe in punishment for the sake of punishment. I believe in trying to repair,

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