More: Nuclear Strategy
Russia updates nuclear doctrine: An analysis of strategic implications
On November 19, 2024, Russian President Vladimir Putin approved changes to the national nuclear doctrine, signaling a significant shift in Russia's approach to the...
The Impact of Russia’s Nuclear Doctrine Revision on the Defense Policies of Western Countries
The conventional nuclear deterrent structure has been much changed by the shifting worldwide power dynamics and nuclear weapon proliferation. This has led to Russia's...
Russia – Ukraine War: A Threat to Nuclear Security
The Russia-Ukraine conflict that has been going on since 2014(after the Russian annexation of Crimea) has recently intensified into war. The roots of that...
Nuclear Escalation Doctrine: Impact of American and Russian “Firebreaks” on Israel’s Security
The conceptual and historical background
Soon, Israel will need to make critical decisions on launching preemptive strikes against Iran. Such non-nuclear defensive actions – expressions...
MENA region at crossroads: Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions and the Escalating Israel-Iran Conflict
The MENA region, a strategic and historical bridge between Europe and Asia, is of significant geopolitical, economic, and social importance. Over the last year,...
Survival Limits of Military Nuclear Power: Israel and “The Sting of the Bee”
In a now classic 1965 article on nuclear weapons, physicist Leo Szilard offered a clarifying metaphor on different types of national nuclear capability. For...
Israel, Iran and Nuclear Deterrence: What Happens “Where There Is No Common Power”
Special to Modern Diplomacy
Abstract: Israel and Iran remain poised for a multi-level war. Such conflict could become nuclear even if Iran were to remain...
Israel’s Conventional and Nuclear Deterrence: A Systemic Whole
“The existence of system in the world is at once obvious to every observer of nature….” -Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, The Phenomenon of Man...
Confronting the Russia-China-Iran Bloc with Lessons of the World Wars
There are some stark differences between the current confrontation and the First and Second World Wars. Any NATO-Russian military struggle would unequivocally be fought...
One Planet, One Humanity: A Final Reminder
“If the world were perfect, it wouldn’t be.” -Yogi Berra
It may still sound silly and “unrealistic,” but acknowledging global “oneness” represents humankind’s only plausible...