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U.S. Air Force Gen. John E. Hyten (right), commander of U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), welcomes Dr. Matthew Kroenig, associate professor in the Department of Government and School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and a senior fellow in the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security at The Atlantic Council, to USSTRATCOM headquarters, Offutt Air Force base, Neb., March 29, 2017. While here, Kroenig held discussions with Hyten and delivered a presentation to command members on “The Logic of American Nuclear Strategy.” In his remarks, Dr. Kroenig discussed the advantages and disadvantages of nuclear superiority; his perspective of nonproliferation; the results of hypothetical nuclear conflicts and crises; and other topics related to global nuclear capabilities. Georgetown University is one of more than 30 local and national academic institutions that make up the Deterrence and Assurance Academic Alliance – an organization that was started in Oct. 2014 to stimulate new thinking and develop future generations of deterrence practitioners. One of nine Department of Defense unified combatant commands, USSTRATCOM has global strategic missions assigned through the Unified Command Plan that include strategic deterrence; space operations; cyberspace operations; joint electronic warfare; global strike; missile defense; intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; and analysis and targeting.
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OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. - U.S. Air Force Gen. John E. Hyten (right), commander of U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), welcomes Dr. Matthew Kroenig, associate professor in the Department of Government and School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and a senior fellow in the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security at The Atlantic Council, to USSTRATCOM headquarters, Offutt Air Force base, Neb., March 29, 2017. While here, Kroenig held discussions with Hyten and delivered a presentation to command members on “The Logic of American Nuclear Strategy.” In his remarks, Dr. Kroenig discussed the advantages and disadvantages of nuclear superiority; his perspective of nonproliferation; the results of hypothetical nuclear conflicts and crises; and other topics related to global nuclear capabilities. Georgetown University is one of more than 30 local and national academic institutions that make up the Deterrence and Assurance Academic Alliance – an organization that was started in Oct. 2014 to stimulate new thinking and develop future generations of deterrence practitioners. One of nine Department of Defense unified combatant commands, USSTRATCOM has global strategic missions assigned through the Unified Command Plan that include strategic deterrence; space operations; cyberspace operations; joint electronic warfare; global strike; missile defense; intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; and analysis and targeting.


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