Dr.Julian Spencer-Churchill

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Dr. Julian Spencer-Churchill is associate professor of international relations at Concordia University, and author of Militarization and War (2007) and of Strategic Nuclear Sharing (2014). He has published extensively on Pakistan security issues and arms control, and completed research contracts at the Office of Treaty Verification at the Office of the Secretary of the Navy, and the then Ballistic Missile Defense Office (BMDO). He has also conducted fieldwork in Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia and Egypt, and is a consultant. He is a former Army Operations Officer, 3 Field Engineer Regiment, from the latter end of the Cold War to shortly after 9/11. He is currently associated with the Combat Modelling group at the Trevor Dupuy Institute, Virginia (https://dupuyinstitute.org/).

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The U.S. and Iran Will Fight Again Before the Mid-Terms

Iran is very likely to be attacked by the U.S. and Israel in early October of 2026 to preempt an Iranian attack on Israel...

Why Civilian Infrastructure? The Strategic Logic of the U.S. Targeting in the Iran War

With the July 8, 2026, resumption of hostilities between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran, what attracts attention more than the...

Targeting Infrastructure, Shaping Memory: The Political Consequences of Modern Warfare in Iran

About two months have passed since the United States and Israel launched attacks on Iran, yet the conflict has proven far more complex than...

Do not Forget that the War in Ukraine is under Overlapping Nuclear Umbrellas

Russian President Vladimir Putin confidently declared in late 2025 that Russia was winning its war in Ukraine and Moscow’s aims were entirely limited to...

How Democratic Politicians Should Prepare for War

It is taking an exceptionally long time to organize democracies for cooperation after almost four years of war in Ukraine and in the deterrence...

What 1930s Appeasement Tells Us About What President Trump is Doing Right

There is some concern that U.S. President Donald J. Trump is neglecting deterrence in both Europe, as manifested by his pressure for a negotiated...

Presidents Must Never Brandish the Power of Nukes

U.S. President Donald Trump’s June 16 tweet on TruthSocial, “Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!” was a strategic mistake in communications and an incitement to...

Once Israel Defeats Iran, Pakistan is Next

Tel Aviv’s strategy of striking by air against the nuclear proliferation efforts of its neighboring adversaries has been continuously rewarded by virtue of Israel’s...

Only a Morally Superior Canada Can Deter Annexation by Washington

U.S. President Donald Trump’s jest about annexing Canada in December of 2024 had the effect of galvanizing Canadian patriotism and driving an unlikely Liberal...

Putin’s Failures, Like Hitler, Come from His Misunderstanding of the Balance of Power

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