The second part to my post covering the Trump administration's plans to expand homeland missile defense is now out! I discuss the recently released executive order and some of the broader strategic issues that homeland defenses raise.
Garrett Hinck
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Poli Sci PhD student @ Columbia. he/him. Research on international security, nuclear weapons, and crisis dynamics. Past @carnegienpp & @georgetownsfs
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Announcement! I've started a blog - Strategic Defense - where I'm writing about issues involving strategic forces, technology, and international relations. My first post is live now and looks at Trump's call for the US to have its own "Iron Dome". Link below.
New from me - a few reasons why North Korea's new reconnaissance satellite could lay the groundwork for more stability on the Korean peninsula: thebulletin.org/2024/03/why-no…
thebulletin.org Why North Korea’s new spy satellite could actually be a good thing North Korea’s new reconnaissance satellites have offensive military uses, such as enhanced targeting. But they also have upsides for stability on the Korean Peninsula. Unfortunately, this shows a core truth of arms control - it is subject to the political interests of its signatories and ultimately Putin's interest appears in imposing short-term costs and breaking off any productive relationship with the West.
BRKN. President Putin in his address to the Russian Parliament announces that Moscow will suspend implementation of the New START. This is really-really unfortunate, and the downward trend is now clear. I will write a thread below 1/xView quoted post on X
This piece is important to raising the scenario of nuclear use and reminding us all of the risks right now: warontherocks.com/2022/10/the-en…
but I think it has certain assumptions about nuclear use that we should think through.
but I think it has certain assumptions about nuclear use that we should think through.
warontherocks.com We Are On a Path to Nuclear War In war, nothing is inevitable and not much is predictable. But the war in Ukraine has a direction that observers can see and that we should name. What