Philip Sheers

2 weeks ago | cnas.org | Ed McGrady |Samuel Bendett |Becca Wasser |Philip Sheers

On this episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Strategy Series, sponsored by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Becca Wasser and Phil Sheers of the Center for a New American Security join Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss the new report they coauthored “From Production Lines to Front Lines: Revitalizing the U.S. Defense Industrial Base for Future Great Power Conflict.”Listen to the full interview on Defense & Aerospace Report Strategy.

Aug 6, 2024 | breakingdefense.com | Andrew Metrick |Philip Sheers |Alyssa Schonhaut

The war in Ukraine has reminded the public that nuclear arms remain useful tools of international statecraft. It is noteworthy that Russia’s nuclear threats, while yet unfulfilled, have both tactical and strategic nuclear systems, demonstrating that nuclear signaling occurs at multiple levels with a diverse array of systems — but also fitting into an existing understanding of nuclear doctrine.

Aug 6, 2024 | cnas.org | Franz-Stefan Gady |Franz-stefan Gady |Becca Wasser |Andrew Metrick |Philip Sheers

The war in Ukraine has reminded the public that nuclear arms remain useful tools of international statecraft. It is noteworthy that Russia’s nuclear threats, while yet unfulfilled, have both tactical and strategic nuclear systems, demonstrating that nuclear signaling occurs at multiple levels with a diverse array of systems — but also fitting into an existing understanding of nuclear doctrine.

May 1, 2024 | cnas.org | Tom Shugart |Stacie L. Pettyjohn |Philip Sheers

The United States faces two determined near-peer competitors with robust conventional military forces and increasingly advanced nuclear arsenals. In the Indo-Pacific, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is expanding and modernizing its nuclear weapons and delivery systems while rejecting arms control meetings with the United States. In Europe, Russia continues to punctuate its invasion of Ukraine with periodic threats of tactical nuclear weapons use.

Aug 22, 2023 | cnas.org | Becca Wasser |Philip Sheers

The United States faces the unprecedented challenge of simultaneously deterring large-scale conventional aggression by two nuclear-armed powers while also managing other threats around the globe. The 2022 National Defense Strategy advanced “campaigning” as a core peacetime deterrence concept aiming to logically link peacetime military activities to strategic objectives.