Welcome to the NIDS Publication Archive

This page is intended to be a resource for deterrence professionals and anyone seeking to increase their understanding of deterrence topics. This page includes recent NIDS articles sorted by month and google scholar entries for NIDS members with links. 

Recent Articles

2024

 January

Elena Echeverria, John McClory, Lauren Samson, Katherine Shene, Juan A. Colón Santana, Yaroslav Burak, Volodymyr Adamiv, Ihor Teslyuk, Lu Wang, Wai-Ning Mei, Kyle A. Nelson, Douglas S. McGregor,
Peter A. Dowben, Carolina C. Ilie, James Petrosky and Archit Dhingra.  Lithium Tetraborate as a Neutron Scintillation Detector: A Review.  Crystals 2024, 14, 61. https://doi.org/10.3390/
cryst14010061

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2023

November

D. D. Lynes, H. Chandrahalim, J. E. Bevins and J. C. Petrosky, “Unfolding the Effects of Cobalt-60 Irradiation on Contour-Mode Piezoelectric Resonators,” 2023 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), Montreal, QC, Canada, 2023, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/IUS51837.2023.10307274. (pdf is available with an IEEE membership.)

September

August

Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Correcting the Record, By Adam Lowther & Stephen Cimbala (NIDS Senior Fellow) & Curtis McGiffin

July

Who will defend critical space infrastructure if not the space force?, Christopher Stone (NIDS Senior Fellow)

Why America Has a Launch on Attack Option, War on the Rocks, Derek Williams (NIDS Fellow) and Adam Lowther 

June

The Primacy of Nuclear Deterrence, Real Clear Defense, Jonathan Trexel (NIDS Senior Fellow) and Adam Lowther.

The Block Nuclear Launch by Autonomous AI Act is Bad Legislation, 19fortyfive.com, Adam Lowther and Curtis McGiffin

May

Department of Defense or Deterrence?, 19fortyfive.com, Derek Williams (NIDS Fellow) and Adam Lowther

President Biden’s Nuclear Posture Review…Seven Months Later, Global Security Review, Sam Stanton (NIDS Senior Fellow) and Adam Lowther

The Utility of Deterrence, Real Clear Defense, Robyn Hutchins (NIDS Senior Analyst)

Congress must reject the Defense Department’s hope-based strategy in space, The Space Review, Christopher Stone (NIDS Senior Fellow, Space Deterrence Studies)

April

It Is Time for A New Nuclear Posture Review, Real Clear Defense, Robert Peters (NIDS Senior Fellow)

March

Space Force should prepare for the threat we have – not the one we prefer, The Hill, Christopher Stone (NIDS Senior Fellow, Space Deterrence Studies)

It Is Time Congress Save the Nuclear Arsenal, Real Clear Defense, Adam Lowther and Curtis McGiffin

2022 NPR – Light on Fear, Heavy on Confusion, in Expert Commentary on the 2022 National Security Strategy, National Institute for Public Policy, March 2023, Curtis McGiffin

Inconvenient Facts for the Disarmament Community, Real Clear Defense, James Petrosky, Curtis McGiffin, Adam Lowther

Ending the Administration’s Hopium Habit, Real Clear Defense, Christine Leah (NIDS Fellow), Curtis McGiffin, Adam Lowther

 February

It is Time to Withdraw from New START, Real Clear Defense, Curtis McGiffin and Adam Lowther

January

Space norms of responsible behavior will not protect, defend or deter attackThe Hill, Christopher Stone (NIDS Senior Fellow, Space Deterrence Studies)

Repeat a Lie Often Enough and it Becomes the Truth, Real Clear Defense, James Ragland (NIDS Fellow), Adam Lowther

Space-to-ground capabilities are the answer to deterring invasion of TaiwanThe Space Review, Christopher Stone (NIDS Senior Fellow, Space Deterrence Studies)

2022:

December

 Integrated Deterrence: Grand Strategy’s Poor Cousin?, Real Clear Defense, Christine M. Leah (NIDS Fellow), Adam Lowther, Steve Cimbala (Senior Fellow) & Curtis McGiffin
 
 Just How Radioactive Are Low-Yield Nuclear Weapons?, The Drive, Adam Lowther, James Petrosky, James Ragland (NIDS Fellow) , Robyn Hutchins (NIDS Senior Analyst)
 

October

NIDS Member Publication Pages

Below are links to the published works, book chapters, and peer-reviewed articles of NIDS members.

JAMES C. PETROSKY, PhD

More that 130 technical journal articles spanning technical subjects related to nuclear deterrence including: radiation hardening of electronics, radiation detection and material science. LINK 

ADAM LOWTHER, PhD

50+ popular articles and publications covering deterrence theory. LINK

CURTIS MCGIFFIN

Articles covering deterrence and education. LINK