Commentary Continued: The Korean Missile Crisis
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The United States’ goals in North Korea sometimes confuse the international audience. However, the current objective is clear: remove all nuclear weapons and proliferation capability from North Korea. It’s that simple.  Secretary Tillerson provided what was sorely missing, clarity of purpose. North Korea can continue to be international pariahs, so long as they do not […]

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Commentary: Establishing and Re-Establishing Modern Deterrence
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Deterrence exists in the mind, not necessarily the battlefield. Nations posture against each other attempting to influence actions and perceptions. For many years, airpower has been a powerful tool of deterrence strategies. But what happens when it doesn’t work.  What happens when deterrence fails? Deterrence is the art of influencing adversary actions before they occur, […]

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Redefining Space Policy – A New Strategic Context
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When President Kennedy declared the US intention to send men to the moon, he single-handedly defined the strategic context of space.  Space was no longer a physics problem; it was now a Cold War problem.  Starting in 1958 and explicitly stated in 1961, “space” became synonymous with national prestige, national security, and to some, national […]

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Nuclear Assumptions and Cruise Missiles
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Earlier this week, Secretary Clinton made a statement about the Pentagon’s plan to upgrade the nuclear arsenal. “The last thing we need, are sophisticated cruise missiles that are nuclear armed.”[1] The National Interest was quick to pile on, and declare that nuclear cruise missiles are “relics of the past.”[2] But are they? Hillary Clinton spent […]

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