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So What? Reassessing the Military Implications of Chinese Control of Taiwan

So What? Reassessing the Military Implications of Chinese Control of Taiwan

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Geopolitics

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China and the United States are locked in an intensifying security competition, much of it revolving around—but increasingly transcending—Taiwan's continued autonomy. The operational value of a Chinese-controlled Taiwan has been cited as one reason for the…

Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear Weapons: A Commonsense Approach to Understanding Costs and Benefits

Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear Weapons: A Commonsense Approach to Understanding Costs and Benefits

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Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI), particularly machine learning (ML), has transformed computing, offering potential benefits in the nuclear enterprise, which encompasses weapons, delivery systems, platforms, and command and control infrastructure. While AI can…

Expanding the Margins for Success: Corbett’s Maritime Strategy Theories and the United States Since 1945

Expanding the Margins for Success: Corbett’s Maritime Strategy Theories and the United States Since 1945

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Military Strategy

Though Julian S. Corbett wrote for Britain at the turn of the twentieth century, his maritime strategic concepts can apply more broadly to spotlight key challenges the United States has faced since the Second World War. Corbett’s theoretical concepts can…

Negotiating Primacy: Strategic Stability, Superpower Arms Control, and the End of the Cold War

Negotiating Primacy: Strategic Stability, Superpower Arms Control, and the End of the Cold War

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Cold War History

The United States successfully used the concept of strategic stability to tip the nuclear balance against the Soviet Union during the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START) of the 1980s and early 1990s. Both superpowers sought to employ strategic stability to…

Latest Roundtables

Latest Roundtables

Roundtables are where we get to hear from multiple experts on either a subject matter or a recently published book. These collections of essays allow for detailed debates and discussions from a variety of viewpoints so that we can deeply explore a given topic or book.

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Book Review Roundtable: Claire Vergerio’s “War, States, and International Order”

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In this roundtable review of “War, States, and International Order: Alberico Gentili and the Foundational Myth of the Laws of War,” the contributors engage with Vergerio’s analysis of canon-making by suggesting ways to broaden its historical scope and highlighting what limits interdisciplinary dialogue.

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Book Review Roundtable: The Soviet Search for Recognition as a Superpower

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In this roundtable review, Mark Pomar, Kathryn Stoner, Carol Saivetz, Natasha Kuhrt, and Onur İşçi offer their thoughts on Sergey Radchenko’s new book, “To Run the World: The Kremlin’s Cold War Bid for Global Power.” These contributors offer a diverse range of perspectives on Soviet foreign policy — and implications for Russian policy today. Plus, Radchenko offers a response.