The Cold War ended in 1991. The United States’ commitment to prevent its adversaries’ nuclear ambitions and to extend its nuclear arsenal as an umbrella of protection to its partners has remained ...

The following speech was delivered by the Hon. Dr. Kevin Rudd to the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, on February 18, 2025. It is reproduced here in full. The Naval War College was ...

My journey to complete the nuclear triad took me aboard both a B-52 and a B-2 stealth bomber, down into a Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile silo and deep beneath the waves on a ballistic ...

What is the meaning of when an American attack submarine powered by nuclear moors in Reykjavik for the first time in history? To defense strategists and ocean experts, the recent Icelandic port of ...

The successful salvo launch of India's Pralay missile marks a pivotal shift in its conventional deterrence, moving from a ...

Robert Peters is a Senior Research Fellow for Strategic Deterrence in Heritage’s Allison Center for National Security. The United States and South Korea face increasingly dangerous threats in China ...

As Europe continues to come to terms with both the Russian threat amid the war in Ukraine as well as the uncertainty surrounding the U.S. commitment to Europe, policymakers across the continent are ...

Amid recent U.S. statements before the United Nations Security Council confirming that the Sudanese Armed Forces have used chemical weapons in a blatant violation of international law, the world must ...

In this image provided by North Korean state media, Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un gives a speech at the launch ceremony for the new Choe Hyon destroyer, Nampo Shipyard, Apr. 26, 2025. This content of ...

The Cold War ended in 1991. The United States’ commitment to prevent its adversaries’ nuclear ambitions and to extend its nuclear arsenal as an umbrella of protection to its partners has remained ...