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Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

France is spending $12 billion on the largest warship ever built in Europe — a nuclear-powered supercarrier meant to project Macron's vision of strategic...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Dr. Andrew Latham, Macalester College international relations professor and Institute for Peace and Diplomacy senior fellow, argues America's Tomahawk cruise missile stockpile is being...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Kris Osborn, President of Warrior Maven, reveals the B-21 Raider's role beyond stealth bombing. The Northrop Grumman aircraft will function as an airborne intelligence...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Award-winning journalist Stephen Silver reports on a damning Pentagon assessment revealing the F-35's TR-3 software upgrade was "predominantly unusable" throughout 2024, delivering zero new...

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

Key Points and Summary – The recent NATO summit in The Hague, where European allies agreed to a new 5% of GDP defense spending...

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

The Trump administration made the Russia-Ukraine ceasefire its priority foreign policy initiative shortly after the inauguration. Setting aside Donald Trump’s campaign rhetoric that he...

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

The strain in US-European relations under the second Trump administration stems primarily from a deepening ideological divide, not just policy disputes over trade or...

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

Since the ill-fated Oval Office meeting between Presidents Trump and Zelensky, the headlines have been dominated by pronouncements about the end of NATO, the...

Smart Bombs

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

The comparison between the M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams and the K2 Black Panther represents the pinnacle of 2026 armored warfare theory. As noted by defense...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

As of March 2026, the Royal Canadian Air Force’s (RCAF) path to modernization has encountered a significant strategic hurdle. While the first batch of...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

The USS Illinois was built to be one of the most powerful warships in American history — nine 16-inch guns, 45,000 tons, armor that...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

The U.S. Navy's SSN(X) attack submarine was supposed to be the most lethal undersea platform ever built — faster, quieter, and deadlier than anything...

Trillions

Trillions - 19FortyFive

Isaac Seitz, a Strategic Intelligence graduate and national security analyst, evaluates the parallel journeys of Steve Jobs’ declining health and Apple’s meteoric rise between...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

Author and prominent writer Christian D. Orr evaluates the "perspiration-driven" genius of Thomas Alva Edison. As of March 10, 2026, Edison’s legacy—underpinned by over...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

Christian D. Orr, a senior defense editor and former Air Force Security Forces officer, evaluates the "fortuitous transitions" of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known globally...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

Isaac Seitz, a defense columnist and intelligence analyst, evaluates the diplomatic expertise of Benjamin Franklin and the strategic necessity of the 1778 Franco-American Alliance....

The Embassy

The Embassy

Theodore Roosevelt was a frail, asthmatic child who could barely breathe through the night. His father issued a challenge — "You have the mind...

The Embassy

Ali Larijani wasn't just a senior Iranian official — he was the architect of Tehran's strategic partnership with Moscow, personally managing a $2.5 billion...

The Embassy

Is a coup against Russia's president Putin possible? One expert gives us what the evidence might look like as the war in Ukraine goes...

The Embassy

Reuben F. Johnson, a 36-year veteran of foreign weapons systems analysis and Director of Research at the Casimir Pulaski Foundation, evaluates the "cost-asymmetry crisis"...

Hermit Kingdom

Hermit Kingdom

Summary and Key Points: Dr. Bruce E. Bechtol Jr., a political science professor and proliferation expert, evaluates the strategic partnership between Iran and North...

Hermit Kingdom

Summary and Key Points: Reuben F. Johnson, a veteran defense technology analyst and Casimir Pulaski Foundation fellow, scrutinizes the Ninth Congress of the Workers’...

Hermit Kingdom

Korea’s Division Isn’t a Glitch Anymore. It’s a Feature of the New Order The division of Korea was always understood to be temporary. In...

Hermit Kingdom

Key Points and Summary – When North Korea stormed across the 38th parallel in June 1950, an exhausted post-WWII US Army rushed a tiny...