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Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat

Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat - 19FortyFive

That it’s springtime in the Black Sea is not enough reason to go on the march. Military reality—not the passing of the seasons—has to...

Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat - 19FortyFive

Robert Work is the Rick Grimes of U.S. Marine Corps force design, forever blazing away at faulty ideas.

Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat - 19FortyFive

In The Tragic Mind: Fear, Fate, and the Burden of Power, just out from Yale, Kaplan brings a bleak outlook drawn from Greek tragedy...

Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat - 19FortyFive

So Carl von Clausewitz, when properly understood, was right about how wars do or do not end. Even after a resounding triumph, it behooves...

Smart Bombs

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Russia’s Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu announced on Tuesday that the Admiral Nakhimov nuclear-powered battlecruiser is expected to undergo sea trials by the end of...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

While this incident was not unprecedented, the French Rafale’s ability to shoot down America’s top-of-the-line fighter at the time was very significant. 

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Ukraine did not immediately respond to the accusations, though both Kyiv and Moscow have repeatedly denied deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure. 

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said that Kyiv hopes to receive as many as 100 advanced fighter jets from its Western allies.

Trillions

Trillions - 19FortyFive

Now with any future budget stimulus off the table, the Fed needs to reassess its monetary policy stance - and soon.

Trillions - 19FortyFive

A state-sponsored Chinese hacking group called Volt Typhoon penetrated critical U.S. computer networks throughout the continental U.S. and Guam. The group was reportedly able...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

“No corner of the global economy will be spared,” was what Mark Zandi, the chief economist at Moody’s Analytics told AP News in a...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

The USA can survive just fine with a three year pause on loan repayments. Repayments should be paused indefinitely, or forgiven outright.

The Embassy

The Embassy

Thirty years ago, Recep Tayyip Erdogan explained his goals: “Democracy is not our final goal,” he declared, “but rather a means to restore the civilization...

The Embassy

The war in Ukraine is the first large-scale conventional nation-state war since the invasion of Iraq 20 years ago. As such, it highlights how warfare has...

The Embassy

Aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford - the largest warship on Earth - is expected to take part in drills with the Norwegian armed...

The Embassy

Today’s crisis contrasts the genuine promise from just two years ago. Sudan, then working with the Trump administration, was making a serious reentry into...

Coronavirus

Coronavirus Chaos

Editor’s Note: As with all things COVID-19, we respect our author’s opinions and ideas on this issue – all of their ideas. With that...

Coronavirus Chaos

China’s dramatic shift from draconian restrictions to relaxed COVID-19 rules is likely to cause more economic disruptions than benefits. The poorly performing economy will...

Coronavirus Chaos

This was the year the word “tripledemic” entered the lexicon. That’s the term for the three different types of illnesses, COVID-19, flu, and RSV,...

Coronavirus Chaos

Perhaps as many as 90% of China’s 1.41 billion people will come down with COVID-19, said Feng Zijian, former deputy chief of China’s Center...

Politics News

Politics

What Ron DeSantis lacks in the public engagement department he more than makes up with prowess. The former can be learned and, I believe,...

Politics

The New York Congresswoman is known for her social media savvy, but this week she threatened to leave Twitter over a verified account impersonating...

Politics

Republicans are already attacking Biden for his age – and for his choice of successor in the event that he is unable to finish...

Politics

Nikki Haley seems to have gone MIA recently, leaving the press with nothing to do but criticize her for not removing the confederate flag...

Hermit Kingdom

Hermit Kingdom

The North Korean threat is real. Pyongyang has proven in recent years that the DPRK intends to not only expand but modernize both its...

Hermit Kingdom

North Korea’s missile launches are in the headlines again, and a seventh nuclear test might be on the horizon. For most experts and pundits,...

Hermit Kingdom

Despite Biden’s best efforts with South Korea, the summit declaration merely puts a band-aid on a festering wound in the bilateral alliance. 

Hermit Kingdom

In recent days it has been reported in the Chosun Ilbo (one of South Korea’s most widely read daily newspapers) that if North Korea...