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Last week, the United States Air Force announced that it was forced to ground the majority of its Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fleet...
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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...
The strain in US-European relations under the second Trump administration stems primarily from a deepening ideological divide, not just policy disputes over trade or...
Since the ill-fated Oval Office meeting between Presidents Trump and Zelensky, the headlines have been dominated by pronouncements about the end of NATO, the...
Secretary Marco Rubio’s announcement following the US-Ukraine negotiations in Saudi Arabia that Ukraine has agreed to accept a 30-day ceasefire and to enter into...
Key Points – The Su-57E, Russia’s export variant of its Su-57 “Felon” stealth fighter offered to India, differs significantly from the domestic Russian version...
Key Points – Following recent India-Pakistan military clashes, China is reportedly expediting the sale of J-35 (also known as FC-31) fifth-generation stealth fighters to...
Russia is attempting to secure India as an export customer for its Su-57E fifth-generation fighter by making an unprecedented offer of full source code...
Russia's K-329 Belgorod, one of the world's largest submarines, is a unique nuclear-powered platform with a dual-mission capability, creating strategic ambiguity.
The global financial and technological order is changing rapidly, and the U.S. must be at the center of these changes. As China aggressively pushes...
It is in the DNA of Star Wars to borrow from other genres. Indeed, George Lucas built his science fiction universe around the visual...
Key Points – Canada’s re-evaluation of its 88-unit F-35 fighter deal, driven by political tensions with the US, faces significant practical hurdles if Ottawa...
Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU)—collectively known as the Union—took power after securing the largest block...
With nukes off the table, Putin has invested in the rapid production of drones to carry out mass conventional attacks.
As Sir Niall Ferguson has written, it is far too easy to ridicule President Trump and his Administration’s statements and policies on Russia’s aggression...
Iran is facing crunch time on its continued talks with the United States over a potential new deal regarding its nuclear program. Iran’s Foreign...
Over 150,000 dead and 11 million displaced are the result of war in Sudan that started months before the Gaza War, in 2023, and...
Summary and Key Points: -North Korea’s deployment of 15,000 troops to support Russia in Ukraine offers critical battlefield experience that could significantly enhance its...
Summary and Key Points: North Korea has faced catastrophic losses among its troops fighting alongside Russia in Ukraine, with nearly 50 percent casualties reported....
North Korea and the Change Question: More than two decades ago, a defense and foreign affairs writer could visit China and not be constantly...
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is meeting with important allies during his Indo-Pacific trip, with one notable exception: South Korea, at a time of...
Last week, the United States Air Force announced that it was forced to ground the majority of its Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fleet...
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi might go to Taiwan on Aug. 2, and China is perturbed at the possibility. While Pelosi’s official itinerary does...
The War in Ukraine Presses On: On day 159 of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian military is still looking for a breakthrough in the Donbas,...
Today the future of Ukraine is being decided on battlefields in the country’s east and south. The heroic resistance of Ukrainian soldiers has thus...
Ukraine’s massive backlog of grain is moving out of port: For the first time in more than five months, a cargo ship loaded with grain...
