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:
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.
Deterrence in the Emerging Threat Environment: What is Different and Why it Matters
By Keith B. Payne and David J. Trachtenberg
Alliance Politics in a Multipolar World
Michaela Dodge
Vulnerability is No Virtue and Defense is No Vice: The Strategic Benefits of Expanded U.S. Homeland Missile Defense
Matthew R. Costlow
Russia Influence Operations in the Czech Republic, Poland, and Romania: Missile Defense, Common Tendencies, and Lessons Learned
By Michaela Dodge
Deterrence is Not Rocket Science: It is More Difficult
By Keith B. Payne
Divergent U.S. and Chinese Views of Information, Deterrence, and Future Warfare
By Dean Cheng
The Sources of Russian Conduct
By Ilan Berman
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization: An Evolution in the Global Landscape
By Christopher Harmon
Peter Huessy, Hudson Institute and GeoStrategic Analysis
Stephan Frühling, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, The Australian National University
Tanya Hartman, Russia/Ukraine Section, Political Affairs and Security Policy Division, NATO HQ
The Impact of Russia’s War on Ukraine on the Future of Arms Control & the Nonproliferation Regime, April 2022
Deterrence Implications of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine, March 2022
Deterrence Education and National Security, January 2022
Russian Influence Operations and Allied Relations, November 2021
Tom Ramos, From Berkeley to Berlin: How the Rad Lab Helped Avert Nuclear War
Reviewed by David J. Trachtenberg
Hal Brands,The Twilight Struggle: What the Cold War Teaches Us about Great-Power Rivalry Today
Reviewed by Michaela Dodge
David A. Cooper, Arms Control for the Third Nuclear Age: Between Disarmament and Armageddon
Reviewed by Matthew R. Costlow
Document No. 1. Selections from Commander, United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) ADM Charles A. Richard, Testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee, March 8, 2022
Document No. 2. Selections from United States Northern Command Gen. Glen D. VanHerck, Testimony before the House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, March 1, 2022
Document No. 3. Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, “The Sea-Launched Cruise Missile-Nuclear (SLCM-N): Policy and Strategy,” as printed in, “Strengthening Deterrence and Reducing Nuclear Risks, Part II, The Sea-Launched Cruise Missile-Nuclear (SLCM-N),” Arms Control and International Security Papers, Vol. 1, No. 11 (July 23, 2020)
Great Powers and World Order: Plus Ça Change...?
The Jus Ad Bellum Character of Nuclear Warfare
The Long Path to the Current State of Sino-American Relations
Missile Defense in Multipolar World
Vice Admiral Robert R. Monroe (USN, Ret.)
Lieutenant General Henry A. “Trey” Obering III (USAF, Ret.)
Deterring Potential Chinese Aggression Against Taiwan
Deterrence Implications of the U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan
US Nuclear Employment Strategy
Rush Doshi, The Long Game: China’s Grand Strategy to Displace American Order
Dmitry Adamsky, Russian Nuclear Orthodoxy: Religion, Politics, and Strategy
Ilan Berman (ed.) Wars of Ideas: Theology, Interpretation and Power in the Muslim World
Document No. 1. Brad Roberts, “China and the 2021 US Nuclear Posture Review,” Testimony Before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, June 10, 2021.
Document No. 2. General Glen D. VanHerck, United States Air Force, Commander, United States Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command, Statement before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, June 9, 2021.