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Trump and his immediate predecessors have made extensive use of powers granted in the wake of the 9/11 attacks to deploy armed force widely across the Middle East and North…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB250847
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Upgrading the US nuclear arsenal.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB200588
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The United States has stationed 600 paratroopers in the Baltic countries and will defend their airspace for the duration of the Zapad-2017 exercise in a bid to reassure NATO…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB224441
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken subsequently said that there was “no reason to adjust” US nuclear posture in response to Russia’s deployment of short-range nuclear weapons to…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB280721
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The standoff with North Korea has led the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to hold a hearing on the president’s authority to order a nuclear first strike. This is the first such…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB226059
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The past year has seen a significant transformation in the debate over US nuclear weapons policy.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB289502
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Burns stressed his belief that Xi may be dissuaded from meeting that deadline by Moscow’s military experience in Ukraine, adding to administration comments that an invasion of…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB276470
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Years of rising costs and missed deadlines have culminated in the Air Force having to justify continuing with its new LGM-35A Sentinel ICBM, which is intended to renew the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB287399
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The Biden administration’s delay in shooting down an alleged Chinese surveillance balloon has been criticised by Republicans. However, there is bipartisan agreement that the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB275837
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Although North Korea’s nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) are still rudimentary by international standards, Pyongyang’s threats of striking targets in…