Surviving in a Deregulated Strategic World

... and was prepared to withstand serious international pressure was able to achieve its goal, provided it stayed the course. The North Korean regime learned one thing about nuclear deterrence: all you need to do to deter the world’s most powerful country ... ... that any country anywhere can effectively deter any conceivable opponent with relatively crude weapons and missiles. During the Cold War, strategic stability used to be essentially about high-yield nuclear weapons and long-range missiles. In the 21st century,...