In the case of deterrence and prevention, however, I would suggest that the mess runs deep, and the theory is not tidy at all. When people talk about deterrence, they usually assume that the ...

President George W. Bush’s vision was that by imposing democracy on Iraq, "freedom" would spread throughout the greater Middle East, ensuring the survival of Israel. File Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI ...

The United States needs a replacement concept for deterrence, the theory that was a child of the Cold War. It no longer is fit for purpose. Why? A war in which there were only losers and no winners ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Farah N. Jan, University of Pennsylvania (THE CONVERSATION) Israel’s conflict with ...

In the days of radio, when a batter crushed a basebal that was headed for a home run, the famous sports announcer Mel Allen described the ball’s trajectory as “going, going, gone.” The same descriptor ...

MINSK, April 25. /TASS/. Belarus considers it legitimate to use preventive measures to deter aggression, Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin said during a discussion of the country’s military ...

After 1945, one of the principal reasons why America lost every war it started was because of profoundly flawed strategic thinking. The tragedy is that this flaw still persists. In Vietnam, the ...