Jul 22, 20264 min
The Grammar of Deterrence: Nuclear Signalling in a Multipolar Age
Deterrence is a language, and it was built for two speakers. A world of several nuclear powers strains its grammar to the breaking point.
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Jul 15, 20264 min
The Indo-Pacific and the Art of Deterrence Without Encirclement
Managing competition in Asia requires the hardest thing in statecraft: firmness that does not foreclose accommodation.
Jul 14, 20264 min
NATO After Enlargement: A Larger Alliance Is Not a Stronger One
Adding members is the easy part. The next decade will test whether the alliance can convert breadth into cohesion, and cohesion into credible deterrence.
GeopoliticsJul 12, 20264 min
The Return of Spheres of Influence
The vocabulary of spheres of influence never really left international politics. It is returning to the surface — and with it, hard questions about sovereignty and consent.