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It is often said that in war, the first casualty is the truth. It would seem that there is little truth coming out of...
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The United States is on the cusp of perhaps the most fundamental rethinking of its foreign policy since 1945. The inauguration of the second...
As the second Trump administration prepares to take charge of US foreign and security policy, there is intense debate in Washington about what the...
While NATO has largely maintained its unity against Moscow following Russia’s second invasion of Ukraine, the alliance’s political pronouncements of support have not been...
It has become something of a cliché in Washington policy debates that the world today is more unstable and dangerous than at any time...
Key Points and Summary: President Joe Biden has announced the naming of two Ford-class aircraft carriers as USS William Jefferson Clinton and USS George...
Key Points and Summary: The SR-71 Blackbird, retired in 1997, remains an unparalleled marvel in aviation history, capable of speeds up to Mach 3.2...
Key Points and Summary: India is retiring its outdated T-72 tanks, including over 2,400 “Ajeya” models, and replacing them with indigenously developed Future Ready...
Key Points and Summary: The 2005 collision of the USS San Francisco with an ‘underwater mountain’ near Guam highlighted critical navigation challenges in submarine...
Federal stimulus checks, passed as part of a trio of COVID relief packages in 2020 and 2021, are long a thing of the past,...
Key Points and Summary: As Donald Trump prepares to assume office, the bond market is already reacting to fears over his proposed economic policies....
Key Points and Summary: With Donald Trump’s imminent return to office, economic priorities for 2025 remain uncertain, focusing on tax cuts, border security, and...
Donald Trump, during his 2024 campaign, frequently talked about a fairly radical taxation proposal: “No tax on tips.” The proposal was a push to...
Candidate Donald Trump promised to end the war between Russia and Ukraine expeditiously. We should take him at his word. Ending the war can...
In the aftermath of the Cold War, the United States emerged as the world’s sole superpower, unrivaled in conventional and nuclear military might. This...
Mediating in Public and Private: Can Donald Trump Achieve Peace in the Ukraine War?: The prospects for brokering a just peace in Ukraine will...
During his 2024 presidential campaign, Donald Trump had vowed to settle the Russia-Ukraine war in a day. Following the election, the President-elect and his...
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...
The recent Foreign Affairs article, “Why South Korea Should Go Nuclear” by Robert E. Kelly and Min-hyung Kim, argues that South Korea’s acquisition of...
If Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has anything to say about it, sunny North Korea may soon become the next hot tourist destination for...
We have a habit of thinking of China and North Korea as allies. Indeed, China’s Mao Zedong once described the two as being “as...
It is often said that in war, the first casualty is the truth. It would seem that there is little truth coming out of...
Was this actually possible? In 2019, footage of a U.S. Coast Guard interdiction of a homemade drug smuggling submarine took the world by storm, and...
Loitering Munitions Could be Bad News for Russian Tanks in Ukraine – Russia has vastly more tanks than Ukraine, but the Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 unmanned...
The X-37B: Built for a Space War with Russia or China? The first thing many observers notice about the X-37B unmanned and autonomous space...
From around the world individuals, non-profits and small companies have stepped up to aid the Ukrainians in their defense. Police departments and even individuals...
