Harry J. Kazianis

Harry J. Kazianis (@Grecianformula) is Editor-In-Chief of 19FortyFive and National Security Journal. Kazianis recently served as Senior Director of National Security Affairs at the Center for the National Interest. He also served as Executive Editor of its publishing arm, The National Interest. Kazianis has held various roles at The National Interest, including Senior Editor and Managing Editor over the last decade. Harry is a recognized expert on national security issues involving North & South Korea, China, the Asia-Pacific, Europe, and general U.S. foreign policy and national security challenges. Past Experience Kazianis previously served as part of the foreign policy team for the 2016 presidential campaign of Senator Ted Cruz. Kazianis also managed the foreign policy communications efforts of the Heritage Foundation, served as Editor-In-Chief of the Tokyo-based The Diplomat magazine, Editor of RealClearDefense, and as a WSD-Handa Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS): PACNET. Kazianis has also held foreign policy fellowships at the Potomac Foundation and the University of Nottingham. Kazianis is the author of the book The Tao of A2/AD, an exploration of China’s military capabilities in the Asia-Pacific region. He has also authored several reports on U.S. military strategy in the Asia-Pacific as well as edited and co-authored a recent report on U.S.-Japan-Vietnam trilateral cooperation. Kazianis has provided expert commentary, over 900 op-eds, and analysis for many outlets, including The Telegraph, The Wall Street Journal, Yonhap, The New York Times, Hankyoreh, The Washington Post, MSNBC, 1945, Fox News, Fox Business, CNN, USA Today, CNBC, Politico, The Financial Times, NBC, Slate, Reuters, AP, The Washington Examiner, The Washington Times, RollCall, RealClearPolitics, LA Times, Newsmax, BBC, Foreign Policy, The Hill, Fortune, Forbes, DefenseOne, Newsweek, NPR, Popular Mechanics, VOA, Yahoo News, National Security Journal and many others.

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America Started Digging a Bigger Panama Canal for Battleships It Never Built. The Ships Were Canceled in 1943 — but the Ditches Became Part of the Canal Supertankers Use Today

America's last and largest battleships were ordered, numbered, and never built. The Montana-class would have out-gunned the Iowa, matched Japan's Yamato, and been too...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 8, 2026

Yamato-Class Battleship/Artist Rendition. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

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Japan Hid the Biggest Battleships Ever Built So Well That U.S. Intelligence Still Thought They Had 16-Inch Guns Four Months After One Sank

The Yamato and Musashi are remembered for how they sank. The stranger story is how they were built: shipyards torn down and rebuilt to...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 8, 2026

The F-22 Was Supposed to Retire When Its Replacement Arrived. Instead America Is Rebuilding It Into the F-47's Pathfinder

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The F-22 Was Supposed to Retire When Its Replacement Arrived. Instead America Is Rebuilding It Into the F-47’s Pathfinder

The F-22 was supposed to fade quietly into the F-47's shadow. Instead a photographer caught one over the Mojave wearing its successor's technology, the...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 8, 2026

A U.S. Air Force F-15EX Eagle II assigned to Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, flies a training mission over southeast United States, March 23, 2026. The 96th Test Wing and 53rd Wing perform developmental and operational test series on the platform including next-generation survivability, radars, sensors and networking capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Blake Wiles)

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‘There’s Nothing Like It’: The Air Force’s Newest Fighter Looks Exactly Like a 1970s F-15. Almost Everything Inside It Is New

Park the Air Force's newest fighter beside one built in the 1980s and you cannot tell them apart. That is exactly the misunderstanding. Beneath...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 7, 2026

U.S. Air Force Maj. Sean “Rambo” Loughlin, pilot of the F-35A Demonstration Team, performs aerial maneuvers at the Luke Days Airshow at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, March 21, 2026. The team travels worldwide to showcase the power and capabilities of the U.S. Air Force’s most advanced fifth-generation fighter and its Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nicholas Rupiper)

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The Air Force Already Cannot Finish the F-35 Upgrade It Paid For. Now, It Is Being Asked to Fund Three More Stealth Programs at Once

Lockheed Martin is pitching a "fifth-generation-plus" F-35 packed with sixth-generation technology — roughly 80 percent of a sixth-gen fighter at half the cost. But...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 7, 2026

A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer assigned to the 7th Bomb Wing takes off.

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‘Simply Wrong’: The B-1B Lancer Is Always Called a Nuclear Bomber — the U.S. Air Force Welded That Capability Away Years Ago

Ask almost anyone and they'll tell you the B-1B went conventional in the 1990s. The real ending involved welding torches, severed wiring, a treaty...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 7, 2026

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The U.S. Air Force Is Retiring the B-52’s Replacements First. The 1950s Bomber Will Outlive Both of Them

The Pentagon is retiring two bombers decades younger than the B-52 while rebuilding the old giant to fly for another generation. Behind that inversion...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 7, 2026

Chengdu J-10 Fighter Jet. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

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China Built the J-10 as Its Own Fighter — Then Flew It on Russian Engines for Twenty Years Before Its Homegrown Engine Was Ready

Sixteen years of failure produced an interceptor that never left the ground. What its designer salvaged from that wreck became the backbone of China's...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 7, 2026

A-12 Avenger II. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

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The 1 Word That Killed the ‘Flying Dorito’ A-12 Avenger II Stealth Fighter That Almost Flew from U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers

Boeing is losing billions on fixed-price defense programs, but the warning was there decades ago. The Navy’s A-12 Avenger II collapsed after Washington tried...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 6, 2026

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Grounded Dreams: Russia Cancelled Its F-22 Rival Three Years Before Its First Flight. Then the Dead Fighter Flew Anyway

The jet in the air-show photos is not Russia's cancelled stealth fighter. It is the stand-in for a fighter that was never built at...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 6, 2026

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America Started Digging a Bigger Panama Canal for Battleships It Never Built. The Ships Were Canceled in 1943 — but the Ditches Became Part of the Canal Supertankers Use Today

Aerospace & Defense

Japan Hid the Biggest Battleships Ever Built So Well That U.S. Intelligence Still Thought They Had 16-Inch Guns Four Months After One Sank

Aerospace & Defense

The F-22 Was Supposed to Retire When Its Replacement Arrived. Instead America Is Rebuilding It Into the F-47’s Pathfinder

Aerospace & Defense

‘There’s Nothing Like It’: The Air Force’s Newest Fighter Looks Exactly Like a 1970s F-15. Almost Everything Inside It Is New

Aerospace & Defense

The Air Force Already Cannot Finish the F-35 Upgrade It Paid For. Now, It Is Being Asked to Fund Three More Stealth Programs at Once

Aerospace & Defense

‘Simply Wrong’: The B-1B Lancer Is Always Called a Nuclear Bomber — the U.S. Air Force Welded That Capability Away Years Ago

Aerospace & Defense

The U.S. Air Force Is Retiring the B-52’s Replacements First. The 1950s Bomber Will Outlive Both of Them

Aerospace & Defense

China Built the J-10 as Its Own Fighter — Then Flew It on Russian Engines for Twenty Years Before Its Homegrown Engine Was Ready

Aerospace & Defense

The 1 Word That Killed the ‘Flying Dorito’ A-12 Avenger II Stealth Fighter That Almost Flew from U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers

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Grounded Dreams: Russia Cancelled Its F-22 Rival Three Years Before Its First Flight. Then the Dead Fighter Flew Anyway

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