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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:
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.
Defining U.S. Nuclear Deterrence Policy for an Uncertain World
Madelyn Creedon, Eric S. Edelman, Franklin C. Miller, Vipin Narang & Keith B. Payne
Fundamental Deterrence Challenges and Tailoring
Keith B. Payne
Conceptual Challenges of “Tailoring” Nuclear Deterrence
Christopher A. Ford
Artificial Intelligence Arms Control Would be a Disastrous Mistake
Michaela Dodge and Michael Hochberg
The Coming War in America: Iranian Threats to the U.S. Homeland
Christopher A. Williams
The Coming War in America, January 2026
Assessing the National Security Strategy and National Defense Strategy, February 2026
Ending the Threat from Iran: Post-Operation Epic Fury, March 2026
Cyber Threats and the New Cyber Strategy for America, April 2026
Edward N. Luttwak and Eitan Shamir, The Art of Military Innovation: Lessons from the Israel Defense Forces
Reviewed by Michaela Dodge
Herman Pirchner, Jr. and Ilan Berman, The New Imperialists: How China, Russia and Iran are Trying to Remake the World
Reviewed by David J. Trachtenberg
Document No. 1. Statement by Dr. Robert Kadlec, Assistant Secretary of War (ND-CBD), Before the House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces Hearing on Fiscal Year 2027 Strategic Forces Posture, March 17, 2026
Document No. 2. Statement of Richard A. Correll, Commander, United States Strategic Command, Before the House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces Posture, March 17, 2026 (select excerpts)
Document No. 3. Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community, March 2026, (select excerpts)
Document No. 4. Statement by U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Arms Control and Nonproliferation, The Honorable Dr. Christopher Yeaw, to the Conference on Disarmament, February 23, 2026
Document No. 1. President George W. Bush, Remarks Announcing the United States Withdrawal From the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, December 13, 2001
Document No. 2. President George H.W. Bush, Address to the Nation on Reducing United States and Soviet Nuclear Weapons, September 27, 1991
German Nuclear Independence From Washington?
Keith B. Payne
Political Objectives, Nuclear Forces, and the Enduring Value of U.S. Intercontinental-Range Ballistic Missiles
Michaela Dodge
Emerging Technology and Presidential War Powers
Blaine Ravert
A New Latin American Policy: The Trump Doctrine or a Trump Corollary?
Santiago Spadiliero
Wess Mitchell, author of Great Power Diplomacy: The Skill of Statecraft from Attila the Hun to Kissinger
Challenging the Arms Control Mythology: A Century of Experience, September 2025
Ending the Threat from Iran, October 2025
Should the United States Resume Nuclear Testing?, December 2025
Victor Davis Hanson, The End of Everything: How Wars Descend Into Annihilation
Reviewed by Michaela Dodge
Kelsey Davenport, Nuclear Disarmament Summits: A Proposal for Rejuvenating Progress Toward a World Free of Nuclear Weapons
Reviewed by David J. Trachtenberg
Document No. 1. U.S. Department of State, Agency Strategic Plan Fiscal Years 2026-2030, January 2026 (select excerpts)
Document No. 2. U.S. Department of Defense, 2026 National Defense Strategy: Restoring Peace Through Strength for a New Golden Age in America, January 2026 (select excerpts)
Document No. 3. U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, Hearing to Receive Testimony on Strategic Competition in an Unconstrained, Post-New START Treaty Environment, February 3, 2026 (select excerpts)