Jun 6, 2023 · In Tripolar Instability, Robert Litwak examines how the combination of emergent nuclear tripolarity and geostrategic dangers is recreating interlocking Cold War risks. The …

in the Cold War is being supplanted by a tripolar nuclear order in what Henry Kissinger describes as a “new era.” This systemic change is occurring amidst a confluence of geostrategic …

May 1, 2023 · The first decades of the nuclear age were defined by the Cold War competition between the United States and the Soviet Union and the emergence of nuclear bipolarity. The …

Nov 28, 2023 · The tripolar nuclear power world is new; but the deterrence theories of the Cold War may not need to be completely changed, our experts find.

the possibility of tripolar nuclear arms races. This issue brief will review the theory and the history of nuclear arms racing among the United States, Russia, and China.

Mar 13, 2023 · The Cold War found Soviet Russia and the United States with tens of thousands of nuclear weapons. It may be that, despite Putin’s move to suspend its participation in the New …

Jun 11, 2024 · In this article, I investigate whether tripolarity will push the international system toward peace or conflict and attempt to bridge this gap in scholarship by describing the rare …

The end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union brought with them the end of the bipolar nuclear standoff and the East-West divide in international politics. What will succeed …

Nov 13, 2024 · Analysts have identified two major risks in the emergent tripolar nuclear order: (i) the stability-instability paradox; and (ii) balance of terror. The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis was a …

Jun 27, 2023 · Robert Litwak’s new book, Tripolar Instability, examines how China's emergence as peer nuclear power and the new tripolar nuclear order are recasting risks from the Cold War.