Missile Defense

Points De Vue |

Russia's Cold War Perspective on Missile Defense in Europe

John P. Caves, Jr. and M. Elaine Bunn

In this article, John P. Caves, Jr. and M. Elaine Bunn look at how Russia's opposition to the U.S. proposal to locate missile defense assets in Central Europe is primarily responsible for the controversy currently surrounding this initiative within Europe. They further look into how should Russia's objections be interpreted and what should be done about them?

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Georgetown Journal of International Affairs |

China’s Hypersonic Weapons

Paul Bernstein and Dain Hancock

Bernstein and Hancock identify potential strategic and operational issues that will need to be addressed as China's hypersonic capabilities mature.

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International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) |

Inevitable bedfellows? Cooperation on military technology for the development of UAVs and cruise missiles in the Asia-Pacific

Amy J. Nelson and T.X. Hammes

Will states in the Asia-Pacific develop real capabilities to deter Chinese aggression? In this discussion paper – published as part of the Missile Dialogue Initiative research programme – Dr Amy J. Nelson and Dr T. X. Hammes examine the increased likelihood that UAV and cruise-missile technologies will proliferate throughout the Asia-Pacific.

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Georgetown Journal of International Affairs |

Russia's Hypersonic Weapons

Paul Bernstein and Harrison Menke

While Russian hypersonic weapons could pose problems for U.S. and NATO defense planning, their introduction in the near-term is not likely to fundamentally alter the existing balance of power or the prospects for strategic stability.

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Power Under Parity

Distinguished Research Fellow Paul Bernstein contributed his expertise to this report on strategic parity in an era of great power competition.

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WMD Proceedings |

Star Wars Rebooted: Global Missile Defense in 2017

Bruno Gruselle

At present and for the near future, missile defense (MD) is not in peril of dismemberment. Indeed,

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WMD Case Study 2 |

U.S. Withdrawal from the Antiballistic Missile Treaty

Lynn F. Rusten

As President George W. Bush made these remarks in a speech at the National Defense University (NDU)

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Jan. 13, 2025

Forward Persistence in Great Power Cyber Competition

On 19 December, Dr. Tom Lynch (INSS) published his article titled, "Forward Persistence in Great Power Cyber Competition: Military Assets in a Relative Power Erosion Framework," in Cyber Defense Review Vol. 9, No. 3 (Fall 2024) 81-102.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Sept. 5, 2024, launched the NROL-113 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office.

Jan. 3, 2025

The other space control: who does what in the national security space enterprise

In an op-ed on SpaceNews.com, Todd Pennington (Senior Research Fellow for Space Strategy and Policy) surveys several deliberations about roles and missions in the national security space enterprise.

Dec. 23, 2024

Joint Warfighting Concept 2034-2044

For decades, U.S. warfighters have stated that offensive action is the key to victory.

Gergeti Trinity Church on a snowy hilltop near Stepantsminda village, Georgia.

Dec. 20, 2024

Prisoner of the Caucasus?

For much of the past three decades, the South Caucasus has been internally fragmented, with former imperial hegemon Russia attempting to manipulate the region’s multiple conflicts to keep Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia from spinning too far out of Moscow’s orbit.

A U.S. Army soldier looks out from a CH-47 Chinook helicopter near Al-Tanf Garrison, Syria.

Dec. 19, 2024

Taking Stock of the Islamic State

What are U.S. strategic interests in Syria?

The Institute for National Strategic Studies visited the National and Nuclear Risk Reduction Center (NNRRC) at the U.S. Department of State.

Dec. 19, 2024

INSS visits National and Nuclear Risk Reduction Center (NNRRC) at the Department of State

The Institute for National Strategic Studies visited the National and Nuclear Risk Reduction Center (NNRRC) at the U.S. Department of State.

Mr. Todd Pennington (third from left), Senior Research Fellow for Space Strategy and Policy at the Institute for Strategic Studies' Center for Strategic Research, moderated a panel on Current Issues in National Security Space Operations at the 19th Annual Eileen Galloway Symposium on Critical Issues in Space Law.

Dec. 17, 2024

Todd Pennington moderates panel at 19th Annual Eilene M. Galloway IISL Symposium on Critical Issues in Space Law

Mr. Todd Pennington, Senior Research Fellow for Space Strategy and Policy at the Institute for Strategic Studies' Center for Strategic Research, moderated a panel on Current Issues in National Security Space Operations at the 19th Annual Eilene M. Galloway IISL Symposium on Critical Issues in Space Law.

The cover of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIA) webinar titled, "Great Power Competition in the 21st Century: More than a Buzzword?"

Dec. 13, 2024

INSS speaks at Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) webinar

On Wednesday, 11 December, Dr. Tom Lynch (INSS) was a feature speaker at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIA) webinar titled, "Great Power Competition in the 21st Century: More than a Buzzword?"

On Dec. 4, INSS was pleased to host our counterparts from Japan (NIDS) and Korea (KIDA) for an in-depth exchange on key Indo-Pacific security topics.

Dec. 9, 2024

INSS hosts counterparts from Japan (NIDS) and Korea (KIDA)

On 4 December, INSS was pleased to host our counterparts from Japan (NIDS) and Korea (KIDA) for an in-depth exchange on key Indo-Pacific security topics.

CSR Distinguished Research Fellow Jeffrey Mankoff (right), gave a presentation at the 2024 TRT World Forum in Istanbul on "The Russia-Ukraine War: How to Bridge the Divide?"

Dec. 2, 2024

Center for Strategic Research presents at 2024 TRT World Forum in Istanbul

CSR Distinguished Research Fellow Jeffrey Mankoff gave a presentation at the 2024 TRT World Forum in Istanbul on "The Russia-Ukraine War: How to Bridge the Divide?"