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Defense journalist Caleb Larson examines the premature death of the F-22 Raptor. Canceled in 2009 to fund the multirole F-35 during the War on...
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Iran: A War at the Wrong Time and Place: As the war in Iran continues and analysts debate how long it will last and...
Strategic expert Andrew A. Michta explores how Russia is capitalizing on the Iran War to consolidate gains in Europe. With U.S. resources drained and...
Key Points and Summary – The recent NATO summit in The Hague, where European allies agreed to a new 5% of GDP defense spending...
The Trump administration made the Russia-Ukraine ceasefire its priority foreign policy initiative shortly after the inauguration. Setting aside Donald Trump’s campaign rhetoric that he...
After the disastrous cancellation of the Constellation-class frigate program, the U.S. Navy is now pivoting to an emergency stopgap solution: a militarized Coast Guard...
Can the United States and Iran Both Declare Victory and Move On? The war in Iran is not popular with the American people. A...
The U.S. Navy’s first Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine arrives in 2028—and developers are calling it the quietest, most lethal submarine ever built. With an...
Australia’s Collins-class submarines were supposed to be the pride of the Royal Australian Navy—stealthy, advanced, and the cornerstone of Australian undersea power. Instead, they...
Thirty-five national veterans groups—including the American Legion, Disabled American Veterans, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America—have just endorsed the...
Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher and one of the leading thinkers of the Enlightenment Era whose comprehensive work in epistemology (the theory of...
Has Canada’s review of its purchase of F-35 fighter jets become the longest government review process in history? In March of 2025, Mark Carney...
Many geologists worldwide are seeking game-changing rare-earth elements. China processes these minerals used in cell phones, weapons systems, and other 21st-century products. Now, miners...
The debate over what China’s military is actually for keeps producing the wrong answer because it keeps asking the wrong question. Global power projection...
“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” – Winston Churchill Of...
The latest change to how things work in the military is the U.S. Army’s recent announcement of new retirement rules. The announcement came in...
Putin is the Head of a Russian State on the Brink of Economic Collapse: Leonid Putin, meet Vladimir Brezhnev. Serious Russian economists are increasingly...
Fake Russian IDs, Orders Never to Be Captured, and 50% Casualties: Inside North Korea’s Secret War in Ukraine The Russian Army has sustained nearly...
Summary and Key Points: Dr. Bruce E. Bechtol Jr., a political science professor and proliferation expert, evaluates the strategic partnership between Iran and North...
Summary and Key Points: Reuben F. Johnson, a veteran defense technology analyst and Casimir Pulaski Foundation fellow, scrutinizes the Ninth Congress of the Workers’...
Korea’s Division Isn’t a Glitch Anymore. It’s a Feature of the New Order The division of Korea was always understood to be temporary. In...
Defense journalist Caleb Larson examines the premature death of the F-22 Raptor. Canceled in 2009 to fund the multirole F-35 during the War on...
Former U.S. Army Special Forces Warrant Officer Steve Balestrieri breaks down the revolutionary Zeus anti-tank missile. Developed by Texas startup Aeon, this lightweight, software-enabled...
Former Pentagon expert Kris Osborn explores one of the Cold War’s greatest mysteries: the 1958 Tybee Island Broken Arrow incident. After a mid-air collision,...
Award-winning national security journalist Stephen Silver breaks down the U.S. Army's sweeping new recruitment policies. By raising the maximum enlistment age to 42 and...
In a sobering reminder that no aircraft is truly invincible, an American F-35 stealth fighter recently survived a direct missile strike over Iran. Journalist...
