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    National Institute is pleased to announce its new publication, the Journal of Policy & Strategy—a quarterly, online, and peer-reviewed journal. In addition to the efforts of the contributing and managing editors, this new journal will be supported by a world-class Board of Editorial Advisors with diverse expertise and professional backgrounds, as is befitting a publication focusing on policy and strategy. Our priority goal is to include thoughtful, well-researched articles from a range of views, including the work of both younger and well-established authors.

    Regular features of the Journal of Policy & Strategy will include:

    • Timely, original analyses of prominent international security issues;
    • Interviews of important contributors to national security;
    • The presentation of key official government reports, speeches and Congressional testimony;
    • Expert reviews of recent books and published studies focusing on international security;
    • Proceedings from National Institute’s monthly online symposia on critical national security topics; and,
    • A feature entitled “From the Archive” which will regularly present a classic article, study or testimony from the 1960s-1980s that provides an analysis or commentary of enduring great value.

    The editors would like to welcome readers to the Journal of Policy & Strategy. All issues will be posted at the National Institute website and so be available to all readers without restrictions or charge. Every issue will be in the public interest and well worth the read.

    Volume 4 – 2024

    Vol. 4, No. 1 | Full Issue

    Editorial Advisory Board

    Table Of Contents

    Editor’s Note

    Analysis

    The Challenges in Estimating the Number of Russian Nuclear Weapons
    Mark Schneider

    From Pacifism to Nuclear Deterrence: Norman Angell and the Founding of NATO
    Michael Rühle

    Morality, Ethics, and National Power
    John Mark Mattox

    Two Theaters but One War: Why We Should Support Ukraine and Israel
    Stephen Blank

    Interviews

    Hon. Franklin C. Miller, Principal, the Scowcroft Group, and a Commissioner on the congressionally mandated 2023 Strategic Posture Commission

    Dr. Nadia Schadlow, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute, and former Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategy

    Proceedings

    The Size and Characteristics of the Russian Nuclear Stockpile, September 2023

    The Rejection of Intentional Population Targeting for ‘Tripolar’ Deterrence, November 2023

    Literature Reviews

    John Allen Williams, Stephen J. Cimbala, Sam C. Sarkesian, US National Security: Policymakers, Processes, and Politics, Sixth Edition
    Reviewed by David J. Trachtenberg

    Thomas Kent, How Russia Loses: Hubris and Miscalculation in Putin’s Kremlin
    Reviewed by Michaela Dodge

    Ankit Panda, Indo-Pacific Missile Arsenals: Avoiding Spirals and Mitigating Escalation Risks
    Reviewed by Matthew R. Costlow

    Documentation

    Document No. 1. Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act, Conference Report, Select Excerpts

    Document No. 2. Demand for Theater Missile Defense Assets, Statement by Rear Admiral Douglas L. Williams, USN, Director (Acting), Missile Defense Agency, Before the House Armed Services Committee, Strategic Forces Subcommittee December 7, 2023

    Document No. 3. Setting Transatlantic Defence up for Success: A Military Strategy for Ukraine’s Victory and Russia’s Defeat, Discussion Paper, December 2023

    From the Archive

    Document No. 1. Report of the President’s Commission on Strategic Forces, April 1983, Select Excerpts

    Document No. 2. Nuclear Deterrence in U.S.-Soviet Relations, Keith B. Payne (Foreword by Colin S. Gray), Westview Press: Boulder, CO, 1982, pp. 3-4