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.

Aerospace & Defense

Six Minutes — That’s All the Warning Taiwan Gets of a Missile Attack, and It Comes From a Machine China Would Target Firs

Taiwan's lone Pave Paws early-warning radar tracked a Chinese submarine-launched ballistic missile this month and passed the data to Washington — a rare disclosure...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 13, 2026

U.S. Air Force Maj. Paul Lopez, F-22 Demo Team commander, performs an aerial demonstration during the Thunder over Georgia Air Show at Robins Air Force Base, Sept. 28, 2019. Founded in 2007, the F-22 Raptor Demo Team showcases the unique capabilities of the world's premier 5th-generation fighter aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Sam Eckholm)

Aerospace & Defense

The F-35’s Stealth Coating Fixed the One Problem That Made the F-22 a Maintenance Headache

Every stealth aircraft before the F-35 paid a brutal price for invisibility: fragile radar-absorbing skin that degraded almost as soon as it was applied....

Harry J. KazianisJuly 13, 2026

A U.S. Air Force F-15EX Eagle II and F-15E Strike Eagles assigned to 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, land at Kadena Air Base, Japan, June 29, 2026. The test aircraft arrival supported the Department of War's effort to modernize U.S. airpower in the Indo-Pacific and prepared Kadena personnel and the local community for the F-15EX's arrival. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Gracelyn Hess)

Aerospace & Defense

The U.S. Air Force Wants Its F-15s to Hunt Stealth Fighters With the Radar Off

The Air Force has opened the search for a next-generation infrared eye for its F-15s, asking industry who can build a modern Infrared Search...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 13, 2026

A U.S. Air Force F-35 Lighting II from the 62nd Fighter Squadron at Luke AFB, AZ, performs during the Fairchild SkyFest 2024 airshow and open house at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, June 22, 2024. Team Fairchild hosted the Fairchild SkyFest 2024 airshow June 22 and 23 to thank the local community for their support and partnerships. The airshow included the A-10 Thunderbolt II Demonstration team, Wings of Blue parachute team, UH-1N Huey and several other aerial acts and static displays. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Stephanie Orta Carranza)

Aerospace & Defense

Turkey Is ‘Reportedly’ Selling Its Russian S-400s to a Gulf State to Buy Its Way Back Into the F-35

Turkey's decade-long S-400 standoff with Washington may be breaking, with a pro-government columnist reporting the Russian missile systems have been sold to a Gulf...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 13, 2026

Virginia-class submarine USS North Carolina (SSN-777) sails during the at-sea phase of Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024. Twenty-nine nations, 40 surface ships, three submarines, 14 national land forces, more than 150 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC in and around the Hawaiian Islands, June 27 to Aug. 1. The world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2024 is the 29th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Terrin Hartman)

Aerospace & Defense

The U.S. Navy Is Turning Its Nuclear Attack Submarines Into Underwater Drone Motherships. It Took 3 Tries to Get Here

For more than a century, everything fired from a submarine's torpedo tubes was built to leave and never come back. Launching is easy; recovering...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 13, 2026

ATLANTIC OCEAN (June 6, 2012) The guided-missile cruiser USS San Jacinto (CG 56) approaches the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) for a fueling at sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Tommy Lamkin/Released)

Aerospace & Defense

U.S. Navy’s Most Heavily Armed Combat Ships Being Scrapped Without Replacement After Failed $3.7 Billion ‘Hail Mary’ Life Extension Program

The Ticonderoga-class cruiser, the most heavily armed surface warship in the U.S. Navy, is almost gone. The newest inactivation list sends two more out...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 13, 2026

Psyche Asteroid Artist's Concept NASA Photo

Space and Technology

NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft Passed Within 2,864 Miles of Mars, Gained 1,000 MPH Without Using Onboard Propellant, and Is Now Headed for a Metal World That May Be an Early Planet’s Exposed Core

On May 15, 2026, NASA's Psyche spacecraft skimmed past Mars and came away a thousand miles per hour faster without burning a drop of...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 12, 2026

Aerospace & Defense

The U.S. Army Studied China’s New Type 100 Tank and Published Where It Breaks. It Is Building Almost the Same Tank Anyway

China's Type 100 stunned analysts at Beijing's Victory Day parade last September, an unmanned-turret, hybrid-electric tank built for the drone age. Ten months later...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 12, 2026

Michael Jordan and F-15 Creative Commons Images

Aerospace & Defense

The F-15 Eagle Is the Michael Jordan of Fighter Jets: 104 Wins, Zero Air-to-Air Losses

Every debate about the greatest fighter becomes the Jordan-versus-LeBron argument, and this series already made its LeBron case: the F-16, still getting signed at...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 12, 2026

Aerospace & Defense

Japan’s Mitsubishi Type 10 Is One of the Most Sophisticated Tanks Ever Built. Almost No One Outside Japan Knows It Exists

The Type 10 main battle tank is a technological marvel: a lightweight, network-linked, actively suspended machine with an autoloaded 120mm gun, built by Mitsubishi...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 12, 2026

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Aerospace & Defense

Six Minutes — That’s All the Warning Taiwan Gets of a Missile Attack, and It Comes From a Machine China Would Target Firs

Aerospace & Defense

The F-35’s Stealth Coating Fixed the One Problem That Made the F-22 a Maintenance Headache

Aerospace & Defense

The U.S. Air Force Wants Its F-15s to Hunt Stealth Fighters With the Radar Off

Aerospace & Defense

Turkey Is ‘Reportedly’ Selling Its Russian S-400s to a Gulf State to Buy Its Way Back Into the F-35

Aerospace & Defense

The U.S. Navy Is Turning Its Nuclear Attack Submarines Into Underwater Drone Motherships. It Took 3 Tries to Get Here

Aerospace & Defense

U.S. Navy’s Most Heavily Armed Combat Ships Being Scrapped Without Replacement After Failed $3.7 Billion ‘Hail Mary’ Life Extension Program

Space and Technology

NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft Passed Within 2,864 Miles of Mars, Gained 1,000 MPH Without Using Onboard Propellant, and Is Now Headed for a Metal World That May Be an Early Planet’s Exposed Core

Aerospace & Defense

The U.S. Army Studied China’s New Type 100 Tank and Published Where It Breaks. It Is Building Almost the Same Tank Anyway

Aerospace & Defense

The F-15 Eagle Is the Michael Jordan of Fighter Jets: 104 Wins, Zero Air-to-Air Losses

Aerospace & Defense

Japan’s Mitsubishi Type 10 Is One of the Most Sophisticated Tanks Ever Built. Almost No One Outside Japan Knows It Exists

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