adversary
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It is an acknowledgment that durable deterrence requires clarity about the nature of the adversary one faces.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
If the government wants to know whether a model can meaningfully assist cyberattacks, biological misuse or autonomous weapons development, it shouldn’t publish a checklist every lab can optimize against and every adversary can study.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
"But that's not enough when the adversary is fighting what they see as an existential conflict."
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
Despite peace overtures from the South Korean government, the North has repeatedly cast Seoul as its main adversary, and recently removed longstanding references to Korean unification from its constitution.
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
Strauss had another reason to feel optimistic about a continuation of testing: he had seen off his most determined adversary on the Atomic Energy Commission, Thomas Murray.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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