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Strategic Insights

Produced by the Center for Contemporary Conflict at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, Strategic Insights is an electronic journal offering timely, concise assessments of U.S. and international security issues. While the journal is intended especially for U.S. military personnel and defense policymakers, we also welcome the interest of students and the public. New issues of Strategic Insights are published here on a quarterly basis.

Current Issue: Volume VIII, Issue 4 (September 2009)

Strategic Insights * Special Issue on NATO and Deterrence * Fall 2009

Guest Editor: Professor David Yost

Introduction to the Special Issue on NATO and Deterrence
by David Yost

Requirements for Deterrence: Two Challenging Scenarios by Elbridge Colby
by Elbridge Colby

NATO’s Deterrence Requirements: A Lithuanian Perspective
by Kestutis Paulauskas

Reflections on Requirements and Contingencies for a NATO Deterrence or Reassurance Role in the Middle East
by Ariel E. Levite

NATO’s Deterrence Requirements and the Next Strategic Concept: A German Perspective
by Klaus Wittmann

Alliance Requirements for Deterrence: Capabilities and Options for the Next Decade
by Paul Schulte

Spain, Burden-Sharing and NATO Deterrence Policy
by David Garcia Cantalapiedra

Prospects for U.S.-Russian Arms Control and Disarmament: A Russian Perspective
by Sergey Oznobishchev

Nonproliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament, and Extended Deterrence in the New Security Environment
by Joseph F. Pilat

NATO’s Future Nuclear Dimension: Managing Expectations for the Strategic Concept Debate
by Michael Rühle

NATO’s Deterrence Challenges: Report on a Workshop in Vilnius, Lithuania, 10-12 May 2009
by David S. Yost

NATO and Tailored Deterrence: Key Workshop Findings in 2007-2008
by David S. Yost

ISSS/ISAC Annual Conference 2009: "Insecurity and Durable Disorder, Challenges to the State in an Age of Anxiety," Monterey, California (Oct 15-17, 2009)

Though we launched as a formal electronic journal in January 2004, the Center for Contemporary Conflict has published Strategic Insights as a monthly series of essays since March 2002. You can browse our archive of articles in either of these ways:

We welcome submissions to Strategic Insights. Please submit submissions to ccc@nps.edu with "Submission" in the subject line. Submissions must adhere to the Chicago Manual of Style and include a brief author bio. Please see our complete Author Guide for details on formatting your article.

Strategic Insights is produced by the following NSA Department faculty and staff:

CCC Directors
- Christopher P. Twomey
- Anne L. Clunan
Executive Director
- Sandra R. Leavitt
Editor
- Barry Zellen
Editorial Assistants
- Rebekah Deitz
- Colleen Garcia
- Kali Shelor
Editorial Board
- Anne Marie Baylouny
- Robert E. Looney
- Jessica Piombo
- James A. Russell
- Harold A. Trinkunas

To have new issues of Strategic Insights delivered to your inbox, e-mail ccc@nps.edu with "Subscribe" in the subject line. When we publish a new issue, we will e-mail you an e-newsletter with links to each article. There is no charge, and your address will be kept confidential, and used for no other purpose.

We welcome comments on individual articles or on the journal as a whole. E-mail comments to ccc@nps.edu.