Credibility has also changed with technology. In the Cold War, it implied a readiness to get out of control. Today, it relies ...

Nuclear weapons shaped every decision of the Cold War — but why weren’t they ever used? This video explores the evolution of ...

Chris, Melanie, and Zack discuss Carter Malkasian’s recent article on “America’s crisis of deterrence.” They debate whether recent policy failures are a breakdown of deterrence theory or U.S. policy, ...

Concerns about crime have been the foundation for decades of get-tough policies aimed at deterring crime. The belief is that ever-greater punishment — by hiring more police, increasing prosecution, ...

Regarding Sorin Adam Matei’s “The Ukraine War Calls for a Revival of Deterrence Theory” (op-ed, Aug. 23): Classical deterrence theory had a simple unifying goal: Defend democracy from communist ...

At first glance, Venezuela and Taiwan present fundamentally different scenarios. Venezuela is a recognized sovereign state ...

The United States needs a replacement concept for deterrence, the theory that was a child of the Cold War. It no longer is fit for purpose. Why? A war in which there were only losers and no winners ...

The shooting of a police officer is an event that can shake citizens of a community to their very core. The shooting of Scranton Police detective is a tragedy, and his recovery appears to be a long ...

The era of great power “strategic competition” has seen deterrence as both a concept and operational objective return to a place of pre-eminence in national defense and strategic policy not seen since ...

From 3–7 March 2025, members of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) have gathered for their third meeting since the agreement became law in 2021. About half the world’s countries ...

From Soleimani to Maduro: Trump's New Doctrine of Precision Deterrence On January 3rd, 2020, President Donald Trump eliminated Iran's Qassam Soleimani. On January 3rd, 2026, Trump seized Venezuela's ...