WMD in Iraq: Evidence and Implications

Examines what the intelligence community understood about Iraq's WMD programs before the 2003 war in Iraq. Outlines policy reforms designed to improve assessments, deter transfer of WMD to terrorists, and avoid politicization of the intelligence process

India's Nuclear Options and Escalation Dominance

Since the early 2000s, Indian strategists have wrestled with the challenge of motivating Pakistan to demobilize anti-India terrorist groups while managing the potential for conflict escalation during a crisis. The growing prominence of nuclear weapons in Pakistan’s national security strategy casts a shadow of nuclear use over any potential military strategy India might consider to strike this balance. However, augmenting its nuclear options with tactical nuclear weapons is unlikely to bolster Indian deterrence in convincing ways.Naval Postgraduate School’s Project on Advanced Systems and Concepts for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction via Assistance Grant/Agreement No. N00244-15-1-0024 awarded by the Naval Supply Systems Command’s Fleet Logistics Center San Diego, Californi

Iran is not an island : a strategy to mobilize the neighbors

George Perkovic

Dealing with Iran: the power of legitimacy

George Perkovic