What does nuclear deterrence look like in Europe now that NATO is unsure whether the U.S. will be a committed partner? NPR speaks with Paul Cormarie, analyst with the Rand Corporation.

From 3–7 March 2025, members of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) have gathered for their third meeting ...

The third Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which bans all aspects of nuclear ...

Donald Trump’s exclamation that Ukraine’s defense of its territory could cause a nuclear war was extraordinarily dangerous.

At the heart of NATO, the world’s longest-standing security alliance, is the notion that an attack on one is an attack on all ...

Rather than ensuring peace will prevail, the notion of nuclear deterrence could in certain situations in an Asian context heighten the risk of nuclear warfare erupting, and possibly going global ...

Since the cold war, deterrence has been a fundamental ... A key part of the theory behind a successful nuclear deterrent has fallen away. This is described in game theory – the mathematical ...

Some IR scholars refused to acknowledge the theory that nuclear proliferation would increase the possibility of nuclear conflict. Waltz claims to adhere to “more may be better”, and “rational ...

It also called for an end to rationalizing nuclear deterrence theory, arguing that the policy of mutual assured destruction (MAD) threatened national security and increased the risk that nuclear ...

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