National security specialists talk about deterrence a lot. Like, a lot. Analysts are churning out a steady stream of articles debating how best to deter a variety of actors from taking a variety of ...

Strengthening Cyprus’ deterrent capability begins with meaningful investment in the human capital of the National Guard, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday.Speaking on his way into a ...

Deterrence is no substitute for strategy, and there’s danger in confusing the two. A resurgence of debates about deterrence and coercion are necessary given their neglect in post-Cold War foreign ...

The modern threat to the United States homeland is no longer characterized only by bombs, border infiltration, or spectacular ...

Russian troops block the Ukrainian military base in Perevalne during its 2014 annexation of Crimea. UC Davis political scientists have received a U.S. Department of Defense grant to study when ...

In their quest to remake the global order, Vladimir Putin is ravaging Ukraine while Xi Jinping is threatening to do the same to Taiwan. Does this already signify the end of the “integrated deterrence” ...

While there has been discussion about whether today’s security environment constitutes a “neo-Cold War,” the reality is that it is actually more complex than the Cold War. For most of the period ...

Historical experience shows that deterrence from an established army against a terrorist organization, guerrilla fighters, or national liberation movements is always limited. What will be the role of ...

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 ...

In 1948, psychologist B. F. Skinner conducted an experiment in which hungry pigeons were fed on a random schedule. Soon three-quarters of them were behaving in unusual ways, depending on what each had ...