The War Against Iran: God, Death and Time

Why US military superiority may not defeat Iran: martyrdom, sacred time and strategic culture could strengthen Tehran’s resolve.
Israel’s Conventional and Nuclear Deterrence

Israel’s evolving nuclear posture, deterrence strategy, and the risks of escalation in an increasingly uncertain Middle East.
Israel, Iran, and the Strategic Logic of Nuclear War – Part II

Even an asymmetrical nuclear war in which Israel is the sole nuclear power could inflict intolerable harms.
Israel, Iran, and the Strategic Logic of Nuclear War – Part I

As designated instruments of a law-based system of deterrence, nuclear weapons can succeed only in their protracted non-use by Israel and Iran.