Iran’s long-standing era of strategic patience appears to be ending. A newly articulated doctrine of preemption—dangerously vague and publicly declared—suggests a regime that sees growing risk in restraint and is now prepared to play a …
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The deteriorating strategic environment in the Indo-Pacific makes an Australia-Japan defence alignment central to maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific by deterring China in the region. Australian–Japanese defence alignment will contribute to deterrence by developing interoperability …
Before its release on 4 December, the Trump administration’s National Security Strategy (NSS) had been expected to emphasise increased defence burden-sharing among allies and partners; a refresh of US priorities, placing ‘America First’; a more …
When governments talk about deterrence, they usually mean doctrine, platforms and weapons. Yet modern power rests equally on the infrastructure that sustains a nation under stress. The capacity to keep networks online, data protected and …
Deterrence has long been framed in terms of punishment and denial: states have sought to convince adversaries that aggression would be too costly, either through retaliation or by making success unachievable. These approaches still matter, …