Is Man or Machine the Greater Nuclear Danger? The atomic era is now 80 years old but there is still an unresolved fundamental debate about its greatest danger: is it man or machine? Is the main problem the nuclear weapons themselves or those who

Check out this new article by Kyle Balzer and I on one of the great dividing issues of nuclear policy: which is the greater danger, man or machine? www.realcleardefense.com/articles/202...

19.07.2025 16:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Dr. Kyle Balzer and I have a new op-ed out that asks (and answers!) one of the great dividing questions in U.S. nuclear policy debates: "Is man or machine the greater nuclear danger?"

www.realcleardefense.com/articles/202...

How the U.S. responds will help set policy for decades. Read on!

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Matthew R. Costlow, Opportunistic Aggression in the Past and Lessons for Today: The Korean War, No. 629, July 7, 2025 – Nipp

What can we learn from the Korean War and deterring opportunistic aggression? A lot!

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Read on!

10.07.2025 13:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Indeed. If the CCP holds its perpetual hold on power as its highest value, as I believe, then there are two ways that can be threatened: internal revolt and external attack that causes the former. They have obviously elevated nuclear to something well beyond what it was in 2012 say. High value now.

05.07.2025 17:15 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

If you were in the room for their deliberations and IC briefings, as I was, then you might have a bit more appreciation for the fact that disparate viewpoints came together. Again, look at what SPC said: "tailored..." that means treating both separate / unique. They do have things in common though.

05.07.2025 16:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Nuclear forces are tools of keeping the CCP in control - thus, highly valued. The Strategic Posture Commission reviewed the intelligence on this topic and came to this unanimous bipartisan conclusion.

05.07.2025 16:27 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0