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In the run-up to the November 3, 2020 elections, a staple of the U.S. foreign policy debate was about the wisdom and efficacy of...
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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...
The strain in US-European relations under the second Trump administration stems primarily from a deepening ideological divide, not just policy disputes over trade or...
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...
Key Points and Summary – China’s long-rumored Xi’an H-20 stealth bomber is edging closer to reality, and it will eventually reshape deterrence in the...
Key Points and Summary – China has reportedly begun building its first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the Type 004, at Dalian shipyard—a direct bid to...
Key Points and Summary – In April 1989, a catastrophic explosion in Turret 2 aboard the battleship USS Iowa killed 47 sailors during a...
Key Points and Summary – The Soviet Kirov-class battlecruisers were the largest and most heavily armed surface warships afloat outside of aircraft carriers, combining...
Key Points and Summary – President Trump’s surprise declaration that Venezuelan airspace is “closed” sparked fears of imminent U.S. intervention—and raised deeper questions about...
Key Points and Summary – After losing the Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance contest to Boeing’s F-47, Lockheed Martin is pushing an aggressive...
The global financial and technological order is changing rapidly, and the U.S. must be at the center of these changes. As China aggressively pushes...
It is in the DNA of Star Wars to borrow from other genres. Indeed, George Lucas built his science fiction universe around the visual...
Key Points and Summary – Donald Trump’s anniversary proclamation for the Monroe Doctrine adds a “Trump Corollary,” vowing that only Americans will shape their...
Article Summary: Washington’s proposed 28-point Russia-Ukraine deal—trading Ukrainian territory, NATO aspirations, and war-crimes accountability for a ceasefire and cash—would echo Munich by rewarding aggression,...
Key Points and Summary – Dr. Arkady Moshes argues that Russia’s war in Ukraine has exposed a glaring reality: Moscow has neither a viable...
In October 2024, Iran threatened to abandon the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and pursue a nuclear weapon if attacked by Israel. If history and...
Summary and Key Points: –North Korea‘s deployment of 15,000 troops to support Russia in Ukraine offers critical battlefield experience that could significantly enhance its...
Summary and Key Points: North Korea has faced catastrophic losses among its troops fighting alongside Russia in Ukraine, with nearly 50 percent casualties reported....
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...
In the run-up to the November 3, 2020 elections, a staple of the U.S. foreign policy debate was about the wisdom and efficacy of...
A mounting discontent with “cancel culture” is emerging, even in some liberal circles. On a recent episode of “Real Time,” host Bill Maher dedicated a...
Secretary of State Tony Blinken sent Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani a letter this weekend, a copy of which Afghanistan’s Tolo News published in full....
The U.S. government has taken on an abundance of highly questionable security commitments over the decades. That trend has become even worse during the...
A few weeks ago in this space, I slammed Robert Kagan’s Foreign Affairs article, A Super Power Like it or not: Why Americans must...
