Donald Trump has rolled out America’s stark new National Defense Strategy. Europeans need to be prepared to take control of ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un announced plans to strengthen the country's nuclear deterrent at the upcoming Workers' Party ...

The Trump administration’s newly released National Defense Strategy (NDS), unveiled on the 23rd (local time), has sparked ...

Between the Ukraine War and Operation Midnight Hammer, nuclear deterrence once again proved itself to be the defining issue ...

The term “extended deterrence (nuclear umbrella)” has been omitted from the new National Defense Strategy (NDS) under the Trump administration. The phrase was also absent from the National Security ...

As a contributor to that Joint Staff effort, I have been revisiting that experience since the Department of Defense issued ...

The Cold War ended in 1991. The United States’ commitment to prevent its adversaries’ nuclear ambitions and to extend its nuclear arsenal as an umbrella of protection to its partners has remained ...

The Korean Peninsula illustrates why the stable management of nuclear risk has become more urgent than denuclearization ...

At its current production rates, China is likely to have a far more menacing submarine force than Russia in short order—though its quality is still uncertain.

The puzzle of nuclear deterrence is now further muddied by the emergence of cyber threats and their nebulous role in conflict escalation. As doctrine continues to be shaped, there is the ongoing risk ...

BURNS — In an underground facility northwest of Burns, dedicated 90th Missile Wing defenders conduct essential nuclear deterrence operations. The Alpha-01 Missile Alert Facility (MAF) hosts one of the ...

Brett McGurk is a CNN global affairs analyst who served in senior national security positions under Presidents George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump and Joe Biden. In the summer of 2022, I ...