Avatar photoNew Triad 1: Tailored Deterrence

I’ve been hearing rumblings about this concept called “Tailored Deterrence” (One also sees the cumbersome phrase Tailorable Deterrence). The concept got a relatively thorough explanation in this morning’s keynote at the IPFA-Flecter Conference by Principal Deputy Undersecretary of Defense (Policy) Ryan Henry. (Henry was followed by DASD for Forces Policy Brian Green, who went over …

Avatar photoImplementing the New Triad

Wednesday and Thursday, I will blog from the 36th IPFA-Fletcher conference on national security strategy and policy, entitled Nuclear and Non-Nuclear Forces in 21st -Century Deterrence: Implementing the New Triad. The conference is organized by the Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis (IPFA) and the International Security Studies Program of the Fletcher School, Tufts University. STRATCOM, …

Avatar photoInside Defense Blog

While the Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson was working on the infamous Smile LP, he heard a copy of the Beatle’s Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. Fearing that he couldn’t match the achievement, Wilson had a nervous breakdown, spending a year in bed and shelving Smile for more than thirty years (He finally released a …

Avatar photoElBaradei Accepts Nobel Prize

Yeah, what he said: I believe it is because our security strategies have not yet caught up with the risks we are facing. The globalization that has swept away the barriers to the movement of goods, ideas and people has also swept with it barriers that confined and localized security threats. A recent United Nations …