deterrence
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Hardheaded statesmen see one more tool for securing strategic stability, in combination with the usual deterrence and intelligence gathering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
The other lesson is the failure of deterrence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
The plan, called forward deterrence, involves deploying French nuclear-enabled Rafale jets and creating new infrastructure and intelligence links.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
Delivering a speech at the UN General Assembly, external last month, Burnham said his government would invest in defence and build up the UK's "hard power and deterrence".
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
Henry Kissinger, a contemporary politician, wrote: “Deterrence depends, above all, on psychological criteria. For purposes of deterrence, a bluff taken seriously is more useful than a serious threat interpreted as a bluff.”
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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Ronald Reagan, "Tear Down This Wall" (1987)
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