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China’s YJ-21 Anti-Ship Missile Test Warns Washington: Taiwan Isn’t Ukraine – China’s test of a new anti-ship missile may be sending America a message:...
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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...
General George S. Patton once said it best: “How can a man fail if he replaces everything subordinate to success?” The legendary “Old Blood...
China is close to operating more attack submarines than the United States Navy, and Beijing is rolling out the new SHANG III class with...
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...
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...
China’s YJ-21 Anti-Ship Missile Test Warns Washington: Taiwan Isn’t Ukraine – China’s test of a new anti-ship missile may be sending America a message:...
In response to the continued Russian aggression in Ukraine, the U.S. imposed new sanctions on Russian financial entities and individuals who are trying to...
In a national address on Wednesday evening, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy indicated that a formal application for his country to join the European Union...
NGAD and More: What could the future fighter of the US Air Force and Navy look like and accomplish? If you were put in...
An unnamed senior U.S. defense official told The Washington Post this week that Ukraine now has more tanks on the ground than the Russians...
