The Defense Department is looking for help thinking through the complexities of deterrence and escalation dynamics in a world with more than two major nuclear-armed powers, fulfilling a statutory mandate to seek outside expertise in thinking anew about strategic deterrence with the advent of China as a second near-peer strategic competitor. The Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act includes a provision that requires the defense secretary by the end of March to contract a university-affiliated research center with expertise...
