Major Power Rivalry and Deterrence
- How do Russia and China think about and plan for possible conflict with the United States and its allies?
- How do they expect to manage the risks of escalation?
- How are they adjusting their toolkits to meet new requirements?
- How should the United States and its allies respond?
- What are the particular roles of U.S. and allied nuclear capabilities in meeting these challenges?
- What are the particular requirements for U.S. assurance strategies?
Status and the Challenge of Rising Powers, Steven Ward (April 17, 2018)
China's New Strategic Forces: The PLA Rocket Force and the PLA Strategic Support Force: Implications for the United States, Bates Gill (March 12, 2018)
Safe Passage: The Transition from British to American Hegemony, Kori Schake (January 18, 2018)
Evolving Strategic Stability in the Indian Ocean Region, Andrew C. Winner (November 6, 2017)
Russia’s Foreign Policy Goals, European Security and U.S. Strategy, Matthew Rojansky (October 18, 2016)
Doomed to Cooperate: How American and Russian Nuclear Scientists Joined Forces to Mitigate Some of the Greatest Post-Cold War Dangers, Siegfried S. Hecker (October 17, 2016)
Asia’s Complex Nuclear Geometry, Chris Twomey (September 22, 2016)
China's Strategy and US Nuclear Weapons, Michael Nacht (June 27, 2017)
China’s Emergence as a Defense Technological Power: How Innovative? Tai Ming Cheung (June 8, 2016)
The End of “Europe’s Holiday from Power Politics: New Security Threats, Old Handicaps”, Josef Joffe (May 18, 2016)
Russian Views on Strategic Deterrence, Kristin Ven Bruusgaard (February 10, 2016)
U.S.-Russia Relations and the Future of Arms Control, Ambassador Steven K. Pifer (December 4, 2015)
Nuclear-Backed “Little Green Men:” Nuclear Messaging in the Ukraine Crisis, Jacek Durkalec (August 28, 2015)
U.S. Russia Relations in a Time of Confrontation, Ambassador Linton Brooks (July 7, 2015)
Balancing Without Containment—Dealing with China as an Emerging Challenger, Ashley J. Tellis (April 22, 2015)
Wilton Park, United Kingdom: Deterrence and Assurance: Implications for NATO and Northeast Asia (June 18—21, 2014)
The Future of Deterrence in Asia and its Implications for U.S. Force Structure, Elbridge Colby (May 8, 2014)
Where is Putin taking Russia? Implications for US Foreign Policy, Thomas E. Graham (November 14, 2013)
Wilton Park United Kingdom, Rethinking Deterrence and Assurance (June 10-13, 2015)
Strategic Implications of the Rise of China: A Washington Perspective, Paul Heer (April 25, 2013)
China Policy in the Second Obama Administration: Rebalancing the Rebalancing Strategy, Kenneth Lieberthal (March 21, 2013)
