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Key Points and Summary: The Su-47 Berkut, Russia’s forward-swept wing experimental jet, was a pivotal development in modern fighter technology. -Emerging in the late...
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Until President-elect Donald Trump created an unexpected spectacle in the news media by suggesting that Washington coerce Denmark to sell Greenland to the United...
Former President Donald Trump’s return to the White House and his proposed 25 percent tariffs on imports would present Canada with one of its...
Key Points and Summary: The U.S. Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program faces cost concerns, with estimates reaching $300 million per unit....
Key Points and Summary: The concept of a U.S. invasion of Canada is a far-fetched fantasy rooted in speculative fiction and thought experiments. -While...
The United States is on the cusp of perhaps the most fundamental rethinking of its foreign policy since 1945. The inauguration of the second...
As the second Trump administration prepares to take charge of US foreign and security policy, there is intense debate in Washington about what the...
While NATO has largely maintained its unity against Moscow following Russia’s second invasion of Ukraine, the alliance’s political pronouncements of support have not been...
It has become something of a cliché in Washington policy debates that the world today is more unstable and dangerous than at any time...
Key Points and Summary: The Russian Navy, once a Cold War powerhouse, struggles to maintain global power projection. With an aging surface fleet, including...
Key Points and Summary: The Soviet MiG-23 Flogger, introduced in the late 1960s, was designed as a versatile front-line fighter with variable-sweep wings for...
Key Points and Summary: As hypersonic missiles redefine the battlefield with speeds exceeding Mach 5, laser-based defenses are emerging as a potential countermeasure. -Lasers,...
Key Points and Summary: Greece has 227 fighter jets in its aviation arsenal for one reason: tensions with fellow NATO member Turkey. And the...
Once the new Trump Administration takes office, one area that bears watching is what happens with the budget, specifically whether Donald Trump implements any...
On Monday of next week, Donald Trump will begin his second term in the White House against several indicators that suggest that now is...
Federal stimulus checks, passed as part of a trio of COVID relief packages in 2020 and 2021, are long a thing of the past,...
Key Points and Summary: As Donald Trump prepares to assume office, the bond market is already reacting to fears over his proposed economic policies....
At the start of the Russia-Ukraine war in 2022, President Joe Biden declared America would support Ukraine “for as long as it takes,” and...
Israel and Hamas reportedly reached a ceasefire deal that will theoretically see an exchange in its first stage of women, children, and wounded Israelis...
Following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government in December 2024, Syria is now controlled by an alliance of opposition groups led by Hayat Tahrir...
Key Points and Summary: The Arctic is rapidly becoming a stage for global competition, with melting ice opening shipping routes and resource opportunities. Canada,...
North Korea fired a shot across the stern of the outgoing Biden administration by launching a missile during Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit...
The recent Foreign Affairs article, “Why South Korea Should Go Nuclear” by Robert E. Kelly and Min-hyung Kim, argues that South Korea’s acquisition of...
If Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has anything to say about it, sunny North Korea may soon become the next hot tourist destination for...
We have a habit of thinking of China and North Korea as allies. Indeed, China’s Mao Zedong once described the two as being “as...
Key Points and Summary: The Su-47 Berkut, Russia’s forward-swept wing experimental jet, was a pivotal development in modern fighter technology. -Emerging in the late...
Key Points and Summary: Russia’s T-80 tank, originally derived from the T-64B, has underperformed significantly in the Ukraine conflict, earning the nickname “steel coffin.”...
Key Points and Summary: The UK’s Queen Elizabeth-class carriers, HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales, bring 5th-generation air power to the Royal...
Key Points and Summary: Iran’s Air Force, long reliant on aging U.S.-made jets like the F-14 and F-4, is transitioning to Russian Su-35 fighters...
Key Points and Summary: Russia’s T-90 tanks, once touted as among the world’s best, have faltered in Ukraine, exposing vulnerabilities in design and leadership....
