Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Avril Haines, the United States’ Director of National Intelligence, said this week that Russian President Vladimir Putin still intends to seize as much of...
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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...
The increasingly fraught endgame to the Russia-Ukraine war reflects a larger ongoing debate in the US policy community about who is ultimately responsible for...
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...
Summary and Key Points: The Eurofighter Typhoon and Dassault Rafale, prominent European fighters from the 1990s, are similar yet distinctly specialized. -Developed through multinational...
Summary and Key Points: The sudden deployment of seven U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bombers to Diego Garcia signals a likely escalation in...
Why are the U.S. armed forces running out of Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles? Conventional wisdom says that the Tomahawk, after being such a popular...
Summary and Key Points: The USS George Washington’s recent overhaul (RCOH) took over 2,100 days, far exceeding the typical four-year schedule for Nimitz-class carriers....
The big idea behind Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) appears to be that too many people work for the federal government. Therefore,...
Summary and Key Points: President Donald Trump has set April 2 as “Liberation Day,” planning to impose significant new tariffs on most U.S. trading...
Elon Musk’s turn towards Trumpism, as well as his work for DOGE, has had another effect: It’s completely changed what it means to be...
They used to say that Social Security was the “third rail of politics.” President George W. Bush used that term himself, back when he...
René Obermann, a leading German military industrialist, has stated that he sees “strong indications” that an emboldened Russian President Vladimir Putin is mobilizing forces...
Are there grounds to hope the Trump administration is preparing a deal of genius to end the war in Ukraine? Donald Trump is the...
Summary and Key Points: The U.S. military is positioning B-2 stealth bombers at Diego Garcia, signaling potential strikes against Iran amid heightened tensions. -Historically...
On August 5, 2024, Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled the country as protests accelerated and turned violent. Violence was not unidirectional, but Sheikh...
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...
U.S. President Donald Trump lost no time in letting his European critics know that the cheap defense ride at American expense was over. He...
Will an infusion of fresh troops from North Korea significantly impact the war in Ukraine? Not a lot. However, the deployment of more North...
Avril Haines, the United States’ Director of National Intelligence, said this week that Russian President Vladimir Putin still intends to seize as much of...
Ukraine training on L119 in UK: Reports this week revealed how the British military began training Ukrainian troops several weeks ago in Wiltshire, a county...
Dutch PM Says Italy Considering Sending Howitzers to Ukraine – Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Wednesday that Italy is preparing to supply...
Ukrainian civilians are reportedly stuck in the city of Lysychansk as Russian soldiers continue their slow and steady progress across Ukraine’s contested eastern regions....
President Joe Biden vowed on Thursday that the United States will continue to supply Ukraine with the financial and military aid it needs until...
