The following speech was delivered by the Hon. Dr. Kevin Rudd to the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, on February 18, 2025. It is reproduced here in full. The Naval War College was ...

Concerns about crime have been the foundation for decades of get-tough policies aimed at deterring crime. The belief is that ever-greater punishment — by hiring more police, increasing prosecution, ...

Adams, E. 2010. “The joys and challenges of semi-structured interviewing.” Community Practitioner, 83(7), 18-22. Ahmed, S. A., Mohsin, M., & Ali, S. M. Z. 2021 ...

Chinese researchers have successfully tested a non-nuclear hydrogen-based bomb, producing a fireball that burned over two seconds – 15 times longer than a comparable TNT blast. Developed by the China ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

In an elaborate ceremony in August this year, North Korea celebrated the delivery of 250 nuclear-capable missile launchers to frontline military units. To a crowd of spectators, leader Kim Jong Un ...

Whether the United States defines China as a global threat or a predominantly regional one will have pervasive implications for U.S. alliance and deterrence strategy in Europe and the Indo-Pacific.

At the Munich Security Conference two weeks ago, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron underscored a deepening strategic alignment between their countries. Starmer ...

Any direct deterrent contribution – meaning participation in high-end military operations – will arguably stem from these long-standing and increasingly united U.S. allies. U.S. Air Force members, ...

Europe has entered a gray zone between peace and war. Russian hybrid warfare campaigns dominate the environment, leveraging cyber and information mechanisms to erode European cohesion and capacity ...

Personnel test load an unarmed B61-12 bomb, which can be outfitted with a nuclear warhead, on a B-2 Spirit bomber in 2022 at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. (A1C Devan Halstead/U.S. Air Force) ...