On March 26, Forward Defense nonresident senior fellow Peter Huessy spoke with Warrior Maven’s Center for Military Modernization on the holistic nuclear and conventional threat that Russia poses to the West and how the United States must respond.

The only thing he [Putin] recognizes and understands is deterrence and deterrence requires a formidable nuclear and conventional capability.

Peter Huessy

Forward Defense leads the Atlantic Council’s US and global defense programming, developing actionable recommendations for the United States and its allies and partners to compete, innovate, and navigate the rapidly evolving character of warfare. Through its work on US defense policy and force design, the military applications of advanced technology, space security, strategic deterrence, and defense industrial revitalization, it informs the strategies, policies, and capabilities that the United States will need to deter, and, if necessary, prevail in major-power conflict.

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