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Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

Iran: A War at the Wrong Time and Place: As the war in Iran continues and analysts debate how long it will last and...

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

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...

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

Key Points and Summary – The recent NATO summit in The Hague, where European allies agreed to a new 5% of GDP defense spending...

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

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...

Smart Bombs

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

There is just no substitute for an aerial bomber – whether stealth or conventional. Operation Epic Fury against Iran has shown that the U.S....

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Iran is asking America to pay for something it already owns. Strip away the diplomatic packaging, and that is the mechanism of the proposed...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

The Trump-class battleship (BBG(X)) is no longer just rhetoric; it is now a formally budgeted program. The administration’s FY2027 request included $1.8B for R&D...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

“We built the best submarine ever, and now we can’t replace it. The U.S. Navy has no real solution for this.” That’s how a...

Trillions

Trillions - 19FortyFive

For many years, Elon Musk talked about Mars as if it were the sole reason that SpaceX came into existence. Though one project among...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

China, Fuel, & The Indirect Approach: In his book Strategy, B.H. Liddell Hart wrote that “[t]he object in war is a better state of...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

“Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly and then focus on improving your other innovations.” – Steve...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

“Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me…Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful…that’s what matters to me…”...

The Embassy

The Embassy

Putin is the Head of a Russian State on the Brink of Economic Collapse: Leonid Putin, meet Vladimir Brezhnev. Serious Russian economists are increasingly...

The Embassy

An internal Pentagon email circulated this week by Elbridge Colby, the U.S. Defense Department’s top policy adviser, examined options for punishing NATO allies that...

The Embassy

As the war in Ukraine enters its fourth year of hostilities, the dynamics on the ground and in the air are shifting. Having traveled...

The Embassy

Donald Trump’s Way of War: An American Tradition At first, conventional minds worried that President Donald Trump’s campaign against Iran would draw us into...

Hermit Kingdom

Hermit Kingdom

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...

Hermit Kingdom

Summary and Key Points: Dr. Bruce E. Bechtol Jr., a political science professor and proliferation expert, evaluates the strategic partnership between Iran and North...

Hermit Kingdom

Summary and Key Points: Reuben F. Johnson, a veteran defense technology analyst and Casimir Pulaski Foundation fellow, scrutinizes the Ninth Congress of the Workers’...

Hermit Kingdom

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...