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Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

The Munich Security Conference and the days that followed, including the senior level US-Russia meeting in Saudi Arabia, have witnessed massive turbulence in transatlantic...

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

Since the COVID pandemic, Europe has fallen on hard economic times, and the continent’s absolute and relative economic decline has deepened over the past...

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

As Donald J. Trump takes office as the country’s 47th President, American foreign and security policy are at an inflection point.   While analysts routinely...

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

The United States is on the cusp of perhaps the most fundamental rethinking of its foreign policy since 1945. The inauguration of the second...

Smart Bombs

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Key Points and Summary: The British Royal Navy’s HMS Daring, a Type 45 destroyer, has spent more time in maintenance than active duty due...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Key Points and Summary: The U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program, introduced in the 2000s to address coastal threats, included two designs: the...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Key Points and Summary: The U.S. Air Force has relocated its entire B-1B Lancer bomber fleet from Ellsworth AFB to Grand Forks and Andersen...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Key Points and Summary: The B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber, developed by Northrop, revolutionized aerial warfare with its unique “flying wing” design and radar-evading technology....

Trillions

Trillions - 19FortyFive

Since President Donald Trump implemented his long-threatened tariffs on Canadian imports yesterday the potential scale of the damage they threaten to inflict on our...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

Donald Trump came back into office in January, promising a trade war. He’s not yet delivered on the war, but he’s certainly delivered much...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

Since the start of the second Trump presidency, Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has been taking a hammer to the federal bureaucracy,...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

Trump’s Tariffs Look Like a Giant Mistake: It was said of the Habsburgs that they learnt nothing and forgot nothing. Something similar might be...

The Embassy

The Embassy

The ongoing war in Ukraine, now surpassing three years of relentless conflict, continues to shape Europe’s strategic landscape profoundly. President Donald Trump’s unwavering stance...

The Embassy

Reports that Russia and the United States would meet in Riyadh without representatives from Ukraine or the rest of Europe sent waves of panic...

The Embassy

The United States and Russia are pushing forward with talks to end the Russia-Ukraine War, even after U.S. President Donald Trump hosted Ukrainian President...

The Embassy

If anything has become crystal clear over the last few days it is that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wants long-term security guarantees from the...

Hermit Kingdom

Hermit Kingdom

To the horror of many South Koreans, Donald Trump has returned to the White House. No one, including perhaps President Trump, knows what he...

Hermit Kingdom

South Korea’s political turmoil of martial law, impeachments, and vitriolic attacks among its political parties has entered its third month—and it’s likely that several...

Hermit Kingdom

The North Korean regime must be celebrating. After years of bad news on its foreign relations, the regime is finally getting what it presumably...

Hermit Kingdom

North Korea fired a shot across the stern of the outgoing Biden administration by launching a missile during Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit...