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Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Key Points – The US Navy’s shipbuilding capacity critically lags behind China’s, necessitating urgent reforms beyond current approaches. -Following Navy Secretary John Phelan’s recent...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

The May 16, 2025, India-Pakistan ceasefire in Kashmir is viewed as another temporary pause, not a step towards genuine peace, because the conflict stems...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

For Europe’s Right, Ukraine Has Become the Defining Test: The war in Ukraine exposed the faultlines that divide Europe’s right-wing populist parties, primarily over...

The Embassy

Israeli leaders must be suffering whiplash as they watch the dizzying events of recent days across the Middle East, with President Donald Trump sidelining...

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

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...

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

Secretary Marco Rubio’s announcement following the US-Ukraine negotiations in Saudi Arabia that Ukraine has agreed to accept a 30-day ceasefire and to enter into...

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

The increasingly fraught endgame to the Russia-Ukraine war reflects a larger ongoing debate in the US policy community about who is ultimately responsible for...

Smart Bombs

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Key Points – The SR-72 Darkstar, an uncrewed successor to the SR-71 Blackbird, is engineered for Mach 5+ hypersonic speeds, fulfilling intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

F-16 In Ukraine: “Some of the Most Intense Combat Ever” –  On May 16, at approximately 0330 Kyiv time, the Ukrainian Air Force (PSU)...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Key Points and Summary: Russia has reportedly deployed its very limited fleet of MiG-35 fighter jets for air defense missions over Moscow in early...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Key Points – Saab is developing Sweden’s next-generation fighter system to replace the JAS 39 Gripen around 2050, envisioned as a “system of systems.”...

Trillions

Trillions - 19FortyFive

It is in the DNA of Star Wars to borrow from other genres. Indeed, George Lucas built his science fiction universe around the visual...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

Key Points – Canada’s re-evaluation of its 88-unit F-35 fighter deal, driven by political tensions with the US, faces significant practical hurdles if Ottawa...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU)—collectively known as the Union—took power after securing the largest block...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

America is engaged in a new space race – one that will determine whether the U.S. or China will be the dominant nation in...

The Embassy

The Embassy

Tensions are escalating between US allies Turkey and Israel in Syria following Bashar al-Assad's ouster in December 2024 and the rise of HTS leader...

The Embassy

Throughout his presidential campaign last year, US President Donald Trump regularly insisted that he would stop the Ukraine War on ‘day one’ of his...

The Embassy

The leaders of France, the U.K., Germany, and Poland over the weekend joined Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to “demand” that Putin immediately agree to...

The Embassy

The Drone, the Strike, and the Ritual: Why Kashmir’s War Is Never Really About Kashmir – The renewed fighting in Kashmir this month – Pakistan’s...

Hermit Kingdom

Hermit Kingdom

Summary and Key Points: -North Korea’s deployment of 15,000 troops to support Russia in Ukraine offers critical battlefield experience that could significantly enhance its...

Hermit Kingdom

Summary and Key Points: North Korea has faced catastrophic losses among its troops fighting alongside Russia in Ukraine, with nearly 50 percent casualties reported....

Hermit Kingdom

North Korea and the Change Question: More than two decades ago, a defense and foreign affairs writer could visit China and not be constantly...

Hermit Kingdom

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is meeting with important allies during his Indo-Pacific trip, with one notable exception: South Korea, at a time of...