Determining if biological attacks can be deterred requires a quick review of two topics: First, what are the basic tenets of deterrence, and second, how does this theory apply to biological threats?

The twenty-first century will challenge the concept of deterrence in new ways. Some are already apparent. There are at least nine important components of the new metaverse for deterrence (or ...

A woman walks past tanks of Donetsk People's Republic militia in Mariupol, Ukraine, on Wednesday, May 4, 2022. The Russian invasion of Ukraine, despite U.S. efforts to dissuade Russian President ...

There is a problem with deterrence; it’s not working. Not that we are about to descend into nuclear armageddon. But aside from nuclear wars, the United States’ deterrence paradigm does not seem to be ...

The United States needs a replacement concept for deterrence, the theory that was a child of the Cold War. It no longer is fit for purpose. Why? A war in which there were only losers and no winners ...

“Long live deterrence to dissuade nuclear attacks” blasted the headline on Gwynne Dyer’s December 6, 2021 column in The Hill Times. And then came this subheader: “It’s not absolutely foolproof, but it ...

Soon after the U.S. Space Force rewrote its mission statement, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall stated the Air Force and Space Force “cannot sustain deterrence by standing still.” He believes ...

During the Cold War, strategic restraint was understood as managed stability between superpowers. In South Asia, this assumption does not hold. Within this region, the war of narratives sometimes has ...

Nuclear weapons are no longer enough to sustain U.S. strategic deterrence. Senior military leaders and pioneering scholars believe a new technological revolution is now unfolding, and they are right.

Former US Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo believes President Joe Biden has let US deterrence decay. ZUMA/ Ricky Fitchett As Americans rang in the new year, regimes hostile to the United States ...

Concerns about crime have been the foundation for decades of get-tough policies aimed at deterring crime. The belief is that ever-greater punishment — by hiring more police, increasing prosecution, ...