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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 6 – 2026

    Vol. 6, No. 1 | Full Issue

    Editorial Advisory Board

    Table Of Contents

    Editor’s Note

    Analysis

    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

    Interviews

    Wess Mitchell, author of Great Power Diplomacy: The Skill of Statecraft from Attila the Hun to Kissinger

    Proceedings

    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

    Literature Reviews

    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

    Documentation

    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)

    From the Archive

    Colin S. Gray, Out of the Wilderness: Prime-time for Strategic Culture (Fairfax, VA: National Institute for Public Policy, 2006)