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Kyle Balzer

@balzerkyle

@AEIfdp JK fellow | nuclear strategy | geopolitics | book project on J.R. Schlesinger, net assessment, and competitive strategy

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If true, then US missile defenses helped enable an off-ramps and de-escalation of a conflict. Missile defense can contribute to many of the goals that missile defense critics desire: de-escalation, crisis management, etc. See my chapter beginning p. 23: nipp.org/wp-content/upl…

If true, then US missile defenses helped enable an off-ramps and de-escalation of a conflict.

Missile defense can contribute to many of the goals that missile defense critics desire: de-escalation, crisis management, etc.

See my chapter beginning p. 23: nipp.org/wp-content/upl…
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.Daniel Blumenthal and I have a report out today. We make the case that a PRC invasion of Taiwan is just one threat on a broad spectrum of risk -- and that PRC's nuke buildup will enable its ongoing campaign to "decouple" the US from Asia-Pacific short of a great-power war. 1/

.<a href="/DAlexBlumenthal/">Daniel Blumenthal</a> and I have a report out today. 

We make the case that a PRC invasion of Taiwan is just one threat on a broad spectrum of risk -- and that PRC's nuke buildup will enable its ongoing campaign to "decouple" the US from Asia-Pacific short of a great-power war. 1/
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Kyle Balzer and I have a new report out on China's growing nuclear shadow and its intensifying coercive activities aimed at alliance breaking. aei.org/research-produ…

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In recent years, China has undertaken a vast nuclear force buildup. In a new report, Kyle Balzer and Daniel Blumenthal argue that China is attempting to use nuclear breakout to weaken the web of US alliances to its east and break out of its continental isolation. đź§µ

In recent years, China has undertaken a vast nuclear force buildup.

In a new report, <a href="/BalzerKyle/">Kyle Balzer</a> and <a href="/DAlexBlumenthal/">Daniel Blumenthal</a> argue that China is attempting to use nuclear breakout to weaken the web of US alliances to its east and break out of its continental isolation. đź§µ
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I explain in National Review why I have both academic and personal reasons to endorse American Enterprise Institute's giving historian of the American Founding Gordon Wood the Irving Kristol Award: nationalreview.com/corner/all-hon…

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19 B-2s are not enough. Hurry! B-21 Raider: The Iran War Proves We Need More Stealth Bombers - nationalsecurityjournal.org/b-21-raider-th… Lexington Institute

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China’s Continental Conundrum: Nuclear Geopolitics and American Strategy in the Western Pacific - Kyle Balzer and Daniel Blumenthal for American Enterprise Institute - Guests Dan Blumenthal and Kyle Balzer describe how the US should view China’s nuclear ambitions: aei.org/research-produ…

Iskander Rehman (@iskanderrehman) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Terrific weekend workshop on the lessons from WWII campaigns in the Indo-Pacific for contemporary defense planners. Many thanks to Aaron MacLean & Daniel Blumenthal for the invite. (I discussed the fall of Singapore).

Terrific weekend workshop on the lessons from WWII campaigns in the Indo-Pacific for contemporary defense planners. Many thanks to <a href="/AaronBMacLean/">Aaron MacLean</a> &amp; <a href="/DAlexBlumenthal/">Daniel Blumenthal</a> for the invite. (I discussed the fall of Singapore).
Mackenzie Eaglen (@meaglen) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Operation “Midnight Hammer” showcased a sad fact: America’s B-2 bomber fleet is large enough for a raid. Not a battle, and certainly not a war. 19fortyfive.com/2025/06/why-th…

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A new cold war is unfolding that will define the future of the international order. Hal Brands' Lessons from the New Cold War, out today via Hopkins Press, is a vital guide to the US-China rivalry that is reshaping the 21st century.

A new cold war is unfolding that will define the future of the international order.  

<a href="/HalBrands/">Hal Brands</a>' Lessons from the New Cold War, out today via <a href="/JHUPress/">Hopkins Press</a>, is a vital guide to the US-China rivalry that is reshaping the 21st century.
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Reducing US military aid to Ukraine will neither lead to a sustainable peace in Ukraine nor compel Russian President Vladimir Putin to reassess his theory of victory.

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US Patriot air defense systems remain critical to Ukraine's ability to defend against Russian ballistic missile strikes. ISW continues to assess that US aid to Ukraine, particularly Patriot air defense systems and interceptors, is critical to Ukraine's ability to protect its