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Arms Control

The use of treaties and agreements to control the development and deployment of weapons, and the impact of their suspension on great-power conflict.

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Jan 17, 2026
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What specific indicators do military planners use to distinguish a crisis from the start of a great‑power war?

Military planners separate a crisis from the onset of great‑power war by looking for shifts from episodic coercion to sustained, synchronized employment of force and escalation across multiple domains...

Jan 8, 2026

Is Russia threatening nuclear strike

Russia has repeatedly issued nuclear threats and revised its doctrine to broaden the stated circumstances for nuclear use, signaling willingness to threaten limited or “sub-strategic” strikes while ca...