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.

220213-N-TL932-1221 PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 13, 2022) Nimitz-class aircraft carriers USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), back, and USS Nimitz (CVN 68) transit the Pacific Ocean, Feb. 13, 2022. Vinson and Nimitz are currently conducting routine maritime operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Joshua Sapien)

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US Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS Nimitz Will Cost $562 Million to Inactivate. Dismantling Her Will Take Years More

USS Nimitz arrived at Naval Station Norfolk on July 9 after a four-month deployment with nearly 3,000 sailors aboard. The Navy called Norfolk her...

Harry J. Kazianis3 days ago

Space and Technology

NASA’s Saturn V produced 7.6 million pounds of thrust, stood 363 feet tall, and sent 24 astronauts to the Moon without losing one — then in 1973 it was retired, its tooling scrapped, and nothing as powerful left Earth for almost 50 years.

From three miles away, the first thing to reach the press site was light. Then the sound arrived as force, shaking tripods and cracking...

Harry J. Kazianis5 days ago

Archaeologists opening Egyptian tombs sealed more than 3,000 years ago have found jars of honey still liquid, still sweet, and still perfectly edible — because honey is one of the only foods on Earth that never spoils, and the reason comes down to three things a bee does to it before it ever reaches the comb

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Archaeologists have opened tombs sealed for more than 3,000 years and found jars of honey still liquid and safe to eat, because honey is one of the only foods on Earth that never spoils — and the reason comes down to three things a bee does to it

Honey found sealed in Egyptian tombs is thousands of years old and still perfectly edible — because honey may be the only food on...

Harry J. Kazianis6 days ago

Aerospace & Defense

China Is Giving Its Coast Guard a Naval Z-20 as U.S. Submarines Remain Its Hardest Pacific Problem

China's Coast Guard is now flying a naval version of the Z-20 from its largest cutter, and imagery shows a surface-search radar. What it...

Harry J. Kazianis7 days ago

Aerospace & Defense

Rolls-Royce’s Next-Gen GCAP Fighter Jet Engine Clears Key Milestone Ahead of Ground Trials

Rolls-Royce, Japan's IHI and Italy's Avio Aero have completed more than a hundred subscale component tests for the engine intended to power the Global...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 23, 2026

Kirov-Class Russian Navy Creative Commons Image

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Russia Brings World’s Most Heavily Armed Nuclear Combat Ship Back After Nearly 30 Years — It Might Already Be Obsolete

Russia has moved the nuclear-powered battlecruiser Admiral Nakhimov into final sea trials after nearly three decades out of frontline service. The rebuilt ship may...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 23, 2026

A starboard bow view of the battleship USS MISSOURI (BB 63) in dry dock for reactivation/modernization work prior to recommissioning.

Aerospace & Defense

The U.S. Navy Laid Down the Iowa-Class Battleship USS Kentucky in 1942 and Never Finished Her

The Navy spent fourteen years trying to turn its last unfinished Iowa-class battleship into a carrier, an anti-aircraft ship, then the missile ship BBG-1,...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 22, 2026

The aircraft carrier USS George Washington sails through calm seas near Guam at sunset while under way in the Pacific Ocean, Sept. 8, 2012. The George Washington is the centerpiece of Carrier Strike Group 5, the US Navy’s only continuously forward deployed carrier strike group, based out of Yokosuka, Japan. Carrier Strike Group 5 is currently on a routine Western Pacific patrol. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

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America’s $13 Billion Aircraft Carriers Keep Getting ‘Sunk’ by Cheap Diesel Submarines. China Is Building Dozens of Them

The U.S. Navy has known since 2005 that a quiet diesel submarine can slip past a carrier's defenses and score a kill, because a...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 22, 2026

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Oct. 29, 2019) USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) conducts high-speed turns in the Atlantic Ocean. Ford is at sea conducting sea trials following the in port portion of its 15 month post-shakedown availability. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Connor Loessin)

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China’s Missiles Now Outrange America’s Aircraft Carriers. The U.S. Navy Is Spending Billions to Reverse It

For decades, strategists have warned that the aircraft carrier is going the way of the battleship — too big, too costly, too easy to...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 22, 2026

Aerospace & Defense

An A-4 Tore the Wing Off This Israeli F-15 at 13,000 Feet. The Pilot Landed It Anyway — and Didn’t See the Missing Wing Until He Turned to Shake His Instructor’s Hand

On May 1, 1983, an Israeli Air Force F-15 flew ten miles and landed with its entire right wing sheared off two feet from...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 22, 2026

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US Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS Nimitz Will Cost $562 Million to Inactivate. Dismantling Her Will Take Years More

Space and Technology

NASA’s Saturn V produced 7.6 million pounds of thrust, stood 363 feet tall, and sent 24 astronauts to the Moon without losing one — then in 1973 it was retired, its tooling scrapped, and nothing as powerful left Earth for almost 50 years.

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Archaeologists have opened tombs sealed for more than 3,000 years and found jars of honey still liquid and safe to eat, because honey is one of the only foods on Earth that never spoils — and the reason comes down to three things a bee does to it

Aerospace & Defense

China Is Giving Its Coast Guard a Naval Z-20 as U.S. Submarines Remain Its Hardest Pacific Problem

Aerospace & Defense

Rolls-Royce’s Next-Gen GCAP Fighter Jet Engine Clears Key Milestone Ahead of Ground Trials

Aerospace & Defense

Russia Brings World’s Most Heavily Armed Nuclear Combat Ship Back After Nearly 30 Years — It Might Already Be Obsolete

Aerospace & Defense

The U.S. Navy Laid Down the Iowa-Class Battleship USS Kentucky in 1942 and Never Finished Her

Aerospace & Defense

America’s $13 Billion Aircraft Carriers Keep Getting ‘Sunk’ by Cheap Diesel Submarines. China Is Building Dozens of Them

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China’s Missiles Now Outrange America’s Aircraft Carriers. The U.S. Navy Is Spending Billions to Reverse It

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An A-4 Tore the Wing Off This Israeli F-15 at 13,000 Feet. The Pilot Landed It Anyway — and Didn’t See the Missing Wing Until He Turned to Shake His Instructor’s Hand

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