Nuclear “non-proliferation” – preventing the spread of nuclear weapons beyond states that already have them – has been held up as the rationale for the US-Israeli war on I ...

There are so many low-quality, kitsch-militarist, cringe aspects to the past several weeks’ bumble toward an AI-enabled, nuclear-curious World War III — or at least some vast, multi-theater, ...

For decades, the Middle East has been laced with the language of power politics: deterrence, strategic balance, alliance ...

Why the West misread Iran’s ‘strategic patience’ until the 'great explosion' of 2026 ...

Iran’s regional ambitions are increasingly constrained by military limits, economic pressure, and internal fragility.

As the deceased commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force, Amir Ali Hajizadeh, once put it, maintaining deterrence is like riding a bicycle: “You have to keep pedaling all the ...

The lesson that Tehran will take away from this conflict is that it needs an ironclad deterrent in the form of a nuclear ...

Albert Hirschman’s book on geo-economics written in the context of Nazi Germany is proving prescient. Today, national ...

Calls for a formal declaration ending the Korean War have once again emerged in South Korea's policy discussions. Supporters ...

U.S. strikes, Iran has been left without a navy, air defenses, and most of its military commanders, including the ...

The United States and Israel say their escalating military assault on Iran is about nuclear proliferation, deterrence and ...

This trend became evident in 2026 strategic debates, where Polish President Karol Nawrocki called for strengthening Poland’s nuclear umbrella, suggesting exploration of advanced deterrence options, ...