Rethinking U.S. Nuclear Doctrine: The Rule of Law and the Role of Strategy (ELAC & CIS Event)

Abstract: In 2013, the Obama Administration’s “Nuclear Employment Strategy” guidance announced that all war plans and operations would be “consistent with the fundamental principles of the Law of Armed Conflict” (LOAC). The Trump Administration’s 2018 Nuclear Posture Review repeated this commitment. The literature on nuclear strategy and deterrence in political science however, has either ignored these legal requirements or misunderstood them.

ISIS versus the West: Narrative War for the 21st Century. The Case of positive disinformation

David Patrikarakos is an internationally acclaimed author, journalist and broadcaster. He is a contributing editor at the Daily Beast and a contributing writer at Politico Europe. He is also a Poynter Fellow at Yale and a Non-Resident Fellow in the School of Iranian Studies, at the University of St Andrews.
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