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Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

Putin’s proposal for a U.S.-China-Russia trilateral in China — with Ukraine and Europe excluded — has revived Beltway enthusiasm for a “Kissinger-in-reverse” bid to...

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

The Trump administration’s deal to allow Russian diesel into the United States blindsided Kyiv and Europe alike — halting peace talks, triggering threats to...

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

Sabotage at Leipzig, Swindon, and Skarżysko-Kamienna. A curfew across the river from Narva. New garrisons at Petrozavodsk, Lupche-Savino, and Pechenga pointing at Finland's 830-mile...

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

The Witkoff-Kushner shuttle between Moscow and Kyiv ended, predictably, without a breakthrough — and Andrew Michta argues the failure reveals something deeper than bad...

Aerospace & Defense

Aerospace & Defense

The USS Gerald R. Ford cost $13 billion to build and up to $8 million a day deployed. Its 326-day deployment ended with a...

Aerospace & Defense

Switzerland’s first F-35A is in main assembly and the first jets are due in 2028. But Bern now expects roughly 30 F-35As instead of...

Aerospace & Defense

The Ruger GP100 arrived in 1985 as the Security-Six’s successor, built by investment casting with a triple-locking cylinder, and reloading manuals print loads marked...

Aerospace & Defense

The Littoral Combat Ship looked good on paper: a fast, shallow-draft hull with swappable mission modules. In practice the Freedom-class gearing destroyed itself at...

Trillions

Trillions - 19FortyFive

Four ships crossed the Strait of Hormuz Thursday against a 10-day average of 16. Iran said it hit tanker Trend on Friday. Brent is...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

Jobs dropped out of Reed College and stayed on as what he called a "drop-in," sitting in on classes that interested him. One was...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has unveiled Operation Economic Outcast: secondary sanctions across five sectors and more than sixty targets, with no relief attached. Iran's...

The Embassy

The Embassy

Dr. Robert Kelly, a professor of international relations at Pusan National University, argues the separation of powers in American foreign policy has nearly collapsed,...

The Embassy

Both sides would use a Ukraine war pause to rearm, and a longer pause may mean a bloodier spring. Michael Rubin argues Kyiv should...

The Embassy

For four and a half years the request was essentially a check, and the argument was that a properly supplied David could match Goliath....

The Embassy

Let Trump be Trump—which he will be anyway. Even if his peace efforts fail (which is entirely possible), American interests will be protected, and...

Hermit Kingdom

Hermit Kingdom

President Trump says he gets along with Kim Jong Un and wants a new summit before the end of 2026, along with smaller US-South...

Hermit Kingdom

Trump is reportedly considering another meeting with Kim Jong Un. The last round produced Singapore, Hanoi, and the DMZ, and by 2020 the status...

Hermit Kingdom

American doctrine promises that any North Korean nuclear attack will end the Kim regime. The Iran war has just tested that assumption. The United...

Hermit Kingdom

Trump ordered Ulchi Freedom Shield cut from eleven days to five before Kim Jong-un had agreed to anything in return. Kim Yo-jong dismissed the...

Uncategorized

India: The Forgotten Nuclear Weapons State? The proliferation of nuclear weapons during the 20th century has existential ramifications; nuclear weapons have the capacity to end...