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
U.S. Strategic Culture, Homeland Ballistic Missile Defense, and Mutual Vulnerability, Journal of Public Policy, Jacob Blank, (NIDS Analyst)
Rethinking Integrated Deterrence By Michael Fincher (NIDS Fellow)
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 attack, The 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 Taiwan, The Space Review, Christopher Stone (NIDS Senior Fellow, Space Deterrence Studies)
2022:
December
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