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After making progress for years in getting Congress to approve unpopular early weapons retirements, the Air Force is hitting a brick wall. Service leaders...
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Iran: A War at the Wrong Time and Place: As the war in Iran continues and analysts debate how long it will last and...
Strategic expert Andrew A. Michta explores how Russia is capitalizing on the Iran War to consolidate gains in Europe. With U.S. resources drained and...
Key Points and Summary – The recent NATO summit in The Hague, where European allies agreed to a new 5% of GDP defense spending...
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...
George C. Marshall once said it best: “Don’t fight the problem, decide it.” That decisive philosophy turned a man who couldn’t even get into...
Dwight D. Eisenhower famously said it best: “What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight—it’s the size of the...
I have been studying the U.S. Air Force for decades, and one thing seems clear. The B-21 Raider stealth bomber will enter U.S. Air...
I have been studying U.S. Navy fighter aircraft for decades, and I can tell you firsthand there is nothing like the F-35C stealth fighter....
Thirty-five national veterans groups—including the American Legion, Disabled American Veterans, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America—have just endorsed the...
Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher and one of the leading thinkers of the Enlightenment Era whose comprehensive work in epistemology (the theory of...
Has Canada’s review of its purchase of F-35 fighter jets become the longest government review process in history? In March of 2025, Mark Carney...
Many geologists worldwide are seeking game-changing rare-earth elements. China processes these minerals used in cell phones, weapons systems, and other 21st-century products. Now, miners...
The debate over what China’s military is actually for keeps producing the wrong answer because it keeps asking the wrong question. Global power projection...
“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” – Winston Churchill Of...
The latest change to how things work in the military is the U.S. Army’s recent announcement of new retirement rules. The announcement came in...
Putin is the Head of a Russian State on the Brink of Economic Collapse: Leonid Putin, meet Vladimir Brezhnev. Serious Russian economists are increasingly...
Fake Russian IDs, Orders Never to Be Captured, and 50% Casualties: Inside North Korea’s Secret War in Ukraine The Russian Army has sustained nearly...
Summary and Key Points: Dr. Bruce E. Bechtol Jr., a political science professor and proliferation expert, evaluates the strategic partnership between Iran and North...
Summary and Key Points: Reuben F. Johnson, a veteran defense technology analyst and Casimir Pulaski Foundation fellow, scrutinizes the Ninth Congress of the Workers’...
Korea’s Division Isn’t a Glitch Anymore. It’s a Feature of the New Order The division of Korea was always understood to be temporary. In...
After making progress for years in getting Congress to approve unpopular early weapons retirements, the Air Force is hitting a brick wall. Service leaders...
Last month, the United States Army announced it has selected New Hampshire-based Sig Sauer to produce the Next Generation Squad Weapons, or NGSW, that...
Will price kill the NGAD program? Wars have always been expensive to fight. But the costs of many 21st century platforms run exponentially higher...
Last month, the Department of the Air Force awarded $108 million to Northrop Grumman for advanced procurement to support the B-21 Raider program. The...
De Havilland Mosquito: the top combat plane from World War II? Some should say yes while others have a big problem with that claim....
