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 5 – 2025

Vol. 5, No. 1 | Full Issue

Editorial Advisory Board

Table Of Contents

Editor’s Note

Analysis

A Modest Proposal to Improve Joint Professional Military Education
ADM Charles Richard, USN (Ret.) and Robert Peters

The Biden Administration’s Nuclear Weapons Employment Guidance – Increased Cost and Reduced Deterrent Effectiveness
Mark Schneider

Academia and the Armed Forces: Formal Colleagues or Passing Acquaintances?
Kenton White

U.S.-Iran Confrontation after the Hamas-Israel War: Proxy Wars, Nuclear Strategy, and Eschatology
Masoud Kazemzadeh

Special Feature: The Pernicious Effects of Arms Control on Extended Deterrence

The 1991-1992 Presidential Nuclear Initiatives and the Cascading Effects on U.S. Alliances
Matthew R. Costlow

The 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty:
When Strategic Arms Control Undercuts U.S. Extended Deterrence and Assurance Goals
Michaela Dodge and Keith B. Payne

The Impact of Arms Control Misconceptions on Extended Deterrence and Assurance
David J. Trachtenberg and Keith B. Payne

Interviews

Martin Kroupa, Head of Regional Development, Post Bellum Nonprofit Organization (Czech Republic)

The Honorable James Anderson, former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, and Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, and Capabilities

Proceedings

Nuclear and Missile Defense Policy in the Second Trump Administration: What to Expect and What Should be Done, November 2024

Literature Reviews

Dmitri Alperovitch (with Garrett Graff), World on the Brink: How America Can Beat China in the Race for the Twenty-First Century
Reviewed by Michaela Dodge

Heather Williams, Reja Younis, Lachlan MacKenzie, Christopher A. Ford, Rebecca Davis Gibbons, Ankit Panda, Melanie W. Sisson, and Gregory Weaver, Project Atom 2024: Intra-War Deterrence in a Two-Peer Environment
Reviewed by Matthew R. Costlow

Julia Davis, In Their Own Words—How Russian Propagandists Reveal Putin’s Intentions
Reviewed by David J. Trachtenberg

Documentation

Document No. 1. U.S. Department of Defense, Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China, December 2024, Select Excerpts

Document No. 2. Speech by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the Concert Noble, Brussels, “To Prevent War, NATO Must Spend More,” December 12, 2024

Document No. 3. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, President of the Russian Federation, Fundamentals of State Policy of the Russian Federation on Nuclear Deterrence, December 3, 2024

Document No. 4. U.S. Department of Defense, Report on the Nuclear Employment Strategy of the United States, November 15, 2024

Document No. 5. Marek Menkiszak, Winning the War with Russia (Is Still Possible). The West’s Counter-Strategy Towards Moscow, Centre for Eastern Studies, October 2024, Select Excerpts

From the Archive

U.S. Department of State, “Intelligence Report of Team B,” Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Vol. 35, December 1976, Select Excerpts