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deterrence

[dih-tur-uhns, -tuhr-, -ter-] / dɪˈtɜr əns, -ˈtʌr-, -ˈtɛr- /


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Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs said later that France's President Emmanuel Macron had agreed to start talks on Latvia's "accession to the French nuclear deterrence initiative".

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

He said Europeans “want to take some of the burden off the U.S. and assume primary responsibility for conventional deterrence in Europe over time.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

Gulf countries have also long bought defence equipment from Germany and have shown interest in start-ups that make drones to bolster NATO's deterrence efforts against Russia.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

“If Taiwan can convert the six-year annual-budget framework into timely, predictable, and sufficiently large procurement orders, the spending can strengthen both deterrence and the resilience and competitiveness of Taiwan’s domestic uncrewed-systems industrial base,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Thus, instead of victory in the traditional sense, America and Russia sought deterrence as their strategic goal.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau




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