Policy Brief #44 / 2022
Policy Brief #44 / 2022
In October 2022, Joseph Biden’s administration published the new U.S. Nuclear Posture Review (NPR-2022) as part of a single National Defense Strategy (NDS-2022) package along with the Missile Defense Review (MDR-2022). The previous Nuclear Posture Review appeared in February 2018 during Donald Trump’s presidency.
One of the key functions of any publicly available strategic document is to deliver information to other states – both friendly and hostile...
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February 7 speech
. The eighth president of the Fifth Republic noted that the last head of state to visit the
École de Guerre
in Paris was Charles de Gaulle himself, who delivered his famous speech on the creation of the
Force de frappe
, or the French Strategic Nuclear Forces (SNF), here on November 3, 1959.
According to conservative estimates, the third largest nuclear arsenal in the world after that of Russia and the U.S., no less, with almost 300 warheads.
The previous resident of the Élysée Palace,...
... rivalry increases the risk of destabilizing the Asia-Pacific region and the world. China's economic growth is objectively accompanied by enhanced geopolitical ambitions and an intensified development of its armed forces. Under these new conditions, strategic nuclear forces appear to be the only Beijing’s tool to deter the US and its allies, and, perhaps, to maintain its global status in the future.
Hidden power or concealed impotence?
Of the five countries that officially possess nuclear weapons ...
