Thrust Areas

major rivalry

Major Power Rivalry and Deterrence

Regional Security tank

New Regional Challengers and Challenges

strategic deterrence

Toward Integrated Strategic Deterrence

competitive

The Future of Long Term Competitive Strategies

cooperative

The Future of Cooperative Measures to Reduce Nuclear Dangers

Latest Videos


Digital Infrastructure in 2025 - Black Hole or Big Bang?
Honorable John C. (Chris) Inglis

Mr. Inglis describes the current state of digital infrastructure in a world increasingly dependent on it. He covers global trends in policy, technology, and threats impacting organizations dependent on geographically dispersed digital infrastructure as well as recommendations for navigating them to ensure the achievement of organizational outcomes.


Nuclear Posture and Nuclear Proliferation: Experimental Evidence from South Korea
Dr. Ariel Petrovics

While South Korea remains a non-nuclear U.S. ally under the protection of the U.S. nuclear umbrella, domestic support for developing its own independent nuclear weapons is high and growing.


The New Pacing Threats: Opportunistic and Coordinated Aggression
Matthew R. Costlow

Adversary cooperation and opportunism is growing to such an extent between China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran that it is no longer sufficient label China “the pacing threat.”


Assessing China’s Strategic Relationships: A Conceptual Overview
Dr. Phillip C. Saunders

Divergent assessments about the nature of China’s strategic relationships and how much military and security cooperation a given relationship will support are largely due to conceptual confusion about how to think about alliances and strategic alignment.

Latest Publications

Counterforce in Contemporary U.S. Nuclear Strategy

Counterforce in Contemporary U.S. Nuclear Strategy

Brad Roberts, editor

A Different Approach: Assessing the Legacy of Track 1.5 and Track 2 Engagements with India and Pakistan, cover

A Different Approach: Assessing the Legacy of Track 1.5 and Track 2 Engagements with India and Pakistan

Zachary S. Davis, editor

The nuclear future of the middle east, cover

The Nuclear Future of the Middle East

Asmeret Asghedom, editor

Above Scorched Skies, cover

Above Scorched Skies

Dr. Zachary Davis

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