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Peter Huessy
Peter R. Huessy is the president of Geo-Strategic Analysis and senior fellow of the National Institute for Deterrent Studies.
Do Nuclear Numbers Matter
Russia and China and the politics of nuclear coercion
Opinion
February 9, 2026
Restraint or Escalation: America’s Nuclear Future?
Commentary Some analysts argue that a new international arms-control framework is the best path forward, contending that the ...
Opinion
January 23, 2026
Nuclear Deterrent Choices
Commentary The U.S. Congress has 465 House and Senate members up for election in November 2026 with a ...
Opinion
January 19, 2026
The Seriousness of Unrestricted Warfare
Commentary As former Rep. Mike Gallagher wrote on Oct. 7 in the Wall Street Journal, America must better ...
Opinion
October 31, 2025
Is There a Strategic Nuclear Arms Race?
Commentary Yes, there is a nuclear arms race. But the United States is not in it and has ...
Opinion
September 17, 2025
The Big Nuclear Wink
Commentary Arms control, like international law, treats all signatories as having equal rights and obligations. But in reality, ...
Viewpoints
July 13, 2025
The Right Path to Better Deterrence
Commentary Is the West in increasing danger of being attacked with nuclear weapons, whether from a nuclear armed ...
Viewpoints
June 16, 2025
The Current Nuclear State of Affairs
Commentary With the cease-fire between India and Pakistan, and for now the passing of the immediate danger of ...
Viewpoints
June 6, 2025
Dealing With the China Challenge
Commentary In the "Wizard of Oz," Dorothy and her companions are warned to “pay no attention to the ...
Thinking About China
May 12, 2020
The Coming Iranian Pearl Harbor
Commentary The Iranian dictatorship may be losing its grip on power. Consequently, its historical strategy of continuous but ...
Viewpoints
December 27, 2019
Missile Defense Is the Emerging Cornerstone of US National Security
Commentary This essay explores two very important issues. First, can missile defenses be deployed simultaneously with nuclear arms ...
Viewpoints
November 13, 2019
Russia and China: Dangerous Nuclear Strategies
Commentary Both Russia and China have adopted a strategy threatening the use of very limited nuclear strikes against ...
Opinion
October 31, 2019
Trying to Saddle a Crocodile: Iran and JCPOA
Commentary The nuclear agreement with Iran, known by the strange title of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action ...
Opinion
August 23, 2019
A Dangerous Nuclear Agenda
If the United states chooses to eliminate its land-based missiles, as arms control advocates have proposed, it would ...
Opinion
August 9, 2019
US Nuclear Modernization: Looming Conflict or Re-emerging Consensus?
During the Reagan administration, the fight over nuclear spending was one of a number of big defense conflicts, ...
Viewpoints
July 23, 2019
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