For example, the United States can shoot down an adversary’s aircraft or sink its vessels, as it did in Syria in 2017 and in the 1980s “tanker war” in the Persian Gulf. When an adversary launches an ...

Deterrence. Capital punishment is often justified with the argument that by executing ... But there are many examples of persons condemned to death taking the opportunity of the time before ...

The fundamental property of deterrence is that it always lies in the future. One can only deter future acts of terrorism by the threat of a future punishment.

A search of your newspaper's website shows 70 entries over more than five years about Gov. Jeff Landry’s quest to reactivate capital punishment. Once again, he is invoking some contractual ...

Deterrence is the fulcrum of Australian defense policy, but questions of where, what, and how remain unanswered – especially regarding the new SSNs. Australia’s Deterrence Dichotomy – The ...

Some philosophers and legal theorists deny that either retribution or deterrence is a justifiable ground for punishment. If that's your view, I'm not going to suggest you make an exception for Trump.

A deterrence-by-punishment strategy, then, assures significant costs, rather than defeat. And that’s a distinction that has implications when you sit down to design a force and pay for it.

Ideological purges reduce deterrence, readiness, and effectiveness. Just ask Stalin Banning transgender servicemembers will have effects far beyond the careers of a few thousand troops.

A search of your newspaper's website shows 70 entries over more than five years about Gov. Jeff Landry’s quest to reactivate capital punishment. Once again, he is invoking some contractual ...