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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Aerospace & Defense

The US Navy Spent $31,600,000,000 on 3 Stealth Zumwalt-Class Destroyers. And That Meant the Cost of the ‘Bullets’ Hit $1,000,000 a Round

The Zumwalt class was designed around stealth, two 155mm guns and a 32-ship fleet. Cost growth cut the class to three, sending its unique...

Harry J. Kazianis4 days ago

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‘We Clearly Went Too Far’: 19 American Frigates Are at Sea Right Now. None of Them Are in the US Navy

Nineteen former US Navy Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates are in service under foreign flags — eight in Turkey, four in Egypt, two each in...

Harry J. Kazianis5 days ago

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Aerospace & Defense

‘Supersonic Mistake’: The US Air Force’s Mach 3.08 XB-70 Valkyrie Cost $2,000,000,000 to Build Just 2 Bombers to Replace the B-52 But Were Obsolete Before They Flew

The US Air Force XB-70 bomber cost up to $2 billion, reached Mach 3.08 and was built for a 50,000-pound payload before missiles erased...

Harry J. Kazianis5 days ago

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The Army Spent $6,900,000,000 on 2 RAH-66 Comanche Stealth Helicopter Prototypes. None Ever Made it To the Battlefield and Now Sit In a Museum

The RAH-66 Comanche promised a stealthy armed scout able to find targets for Apaches under hostile air defenses. The Army spent $6.9 billion, completed...

Harry J. Kazianis5 days ago

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The US Army Spent $400,000,000 on Just 7 M1A2 Abrams SEPv4 Tanks and Then Was Forced to Cancel the Entire Program

The US Army said the new M1E3 Abrams tank would carry forward the “best features” of SEPv4 and use a modular open-systems architecture, making...

Harry J. Kazianis5 days ago

Aerospace & Defense

‘What a Mistake’: The US Army Spent $2,616,495,000 on the 42-Ton M10 Booker Light Tank That Is Now Sitting In Storage and in a Museum on an Army Base

The M10 Booker completed live-fire and operational testing, but no Army battalion received an enduring fielded capability. A conservative public accounting reaches at least...

Harry J. Kazianis5 days ago

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Aerospace & Defense

US Navy Aircraft Carrier USS Enterprise and Its 8 Nuclear Reactors Will Cost $1,431,497,668 to Scrap. It Only Cost $451,300,000 to Build

The Navy has spent or committed $1.4315 billion to inactivate, store and dismantle USS Enterprise. While the bill is massive, the work that needs...

Harry J. Kazianis6 days ago

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Israel Has Spent $10,000,000,000 on F-35I Adir Stealth Fighters Even the US Air Force Doesn’t Have. The Iran War Proved They Were Worth Every Penny

Israel's latest public fleet count is 48 F-35I Adirs, with 75 under firm order and a fourth squadron moving toward contract. The fighter's Israeli...

Harry J. Kazianis6 days ago

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

The Royal Navy Spent £900 Million on 4 New Submarines and Retired the Last After 16 Months Then Sold Them To Canada for £1

Britain retired four nearly new Upholder submarines after the Soviet threat collapsed and the Royal Navy chose an all-nuclear fleet. Canada’s nominal £1 title...

Harry J. Kazianis6 days ago

Aerospace & Defense

Iran Attacked with 4,400 ‘Kamikaze’ Drones: They Cost as Little as $20,000 Each and Tehran’s Factories Might Have Pumped Out 10,000 a Month

Prewar estimates ranged from several thousand one-way attack drones to more than 10,000 Iranian Shaheds in storage. Those figures cannot be subtracted cleanly from...

Harry J. Kazianis6 days ago

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The US Navy Spent $31,600,000,000 on 3 Stealth Zumwalt-Class Destroyers. And That Meant the Cost of the ‘Bullets’ Hit $1,000,000 a Round

Aerospace & Defense

‘We Clearly Went Too Far’: 19 American Frigates Are at Sea Right Now. None of Them Are in the US Navy

Aerospace & Defense

‘Supersonic Mistake’: The US Air Force’s Mach 3.08 XB-70 Valkyrie Cost $2,000,000,000 to Build Just 2 Bombers to Replace the B-52 But Were Obsolete Before They Flew

Aerospace & Defense

The Army Spent $6,900,000,000 on 2 RAH-66 Comanche Stealth Helicopter Prototypes. None Ever Made it To the Battlefield and Now Sit In a Museum

Aerospace & Defense

The US Army Spent $400,000,000 on Just 7 M1A2 Abrams SEPv4 Tanks and Then Was Forced to Cancel the Entire Program

Aerospace & Defense

‘What a Mistake’: The US Army Spent $2,616,495,000 on the 42-Ton M10 Booker Light Tank That Is Now Sitting In Storage and in a Museum on an Army Base

Aerospace & Defense

US Navy Aircraft Carrier USS Enterprise and Its 8 Nuclear Reactors Will Cost $1,431,497,668 to Scrap. It Only Cost $451,300,000 to Build

Aerospace & Defense

Israel Has Spent $10,000,000,000 on F-35I Adir Stealth Fighters Even the US Air Force Doesn’t Have. The Iran War Proved They Were Worth Every Penny

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

The Royal Navy Spent £900 Million on 4 New Submarines and Retired the Last After 16 Months Then Sold Them To Canada for £1

Aerospace & Defense

Iran Attacked with 4,400 ‘Kamikaze’ Drones: They Cost as Little as $20,000 Each and Tehran’s Factories Might Have Pumped Out 10,000 a Month

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