nuclear deterrence

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conflict 2026-05-10

One Year After Operation Sindoor: Both Sides Won, Neither Side Is Safer

India and Pakistan each claim victory in last May's four-day aerial war. The mutual claim of victory is not spin — it is the most dangerous thing about the ceasefire that ended it.

power 2026-04-21

Macron Is Offering Poland a Nuclear Umbrella. France Still Controls the Button.

The Franco-Polish summit in Gdansk produced the clearest articulation yet of a European nuclear deterrence framework that does not depend on Washington. The Kremlin immediately called it militarization.

power 2026-04-20

France Is Offering Poland a Nuclear Umbrella the US Won't Confirm It Still Holds

At a Gdansk summit, Macron and Tusk agreed to joint nuclear exercises and information-sharing. Europe is building a deterrence architecture outside NATO for the first time since 1949.