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