In October, The Heritage Foundation hosted and facilitated a tabletop exercise (TTX) titled TIDALWAVE II: Azure Dragon. The scenario was designed to introduce nuclear escalation between the United ...
The new National Defense Strategy limits the U.S. conventional role to prioritize China while demanding South Korea take ...
The Department of Defense (DOD), which is “using a secondary Department of War designation,” under Executive Order 14347 dated September 5, 2025, is in the process of modernizing U.S. strategic ...
THIS PAST WEEK, THE U.S. SENATE APPROVED A MORE THAN $900 BILLION DEFENSE BUDGET. PART OF THAT SPENDING PLAN. MAINTAINING THE COUNTRY’S NUCLEAR ARSENAL. THAT FALLS TO U.S. STRATCOM, HEADQUARTERED AT ...
This Issue Brief presents the findings of the artificial intelligence (AI) simulations conducted after The Heritage Foundation’s October 2025 tabletop exercise (TTX) on U.S.–China theater nuclear ...
Between the Ukraine War and Operation Midnight Hammer, nuclear deterrence once again proved itself to be the defining issue ...
Since the dawn of the nuclear age, there have been efforts to limit nuclear arms. What does this treaty’s lapse mean for the ...