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It is easy to forget that before 2020 became a metaphor for the worst of all possible years, the previous candidate was 2016. Not...
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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...
The Undersea Defense Technology (UDT) 2026 conference wrapped up in Scotland this month, and it appears that the AUKUS pact has a new lease...
The United States Military Academy at West Point is one of the most prestigious military academies in the entire world. It has produced the...
As the Iran war grinds on, the administration of US President Donald Trump has cast around for rationales to justify US bombing. The president...
New legislation, the Guard Equal Benefits for Federal Missions Act (H.R. 8281), could expand eligibility for federal veteran benefits for National Guard members on...
With the two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran due to expire on April 22, President Donald Trump may soon face the same...
Key Points and Summary – Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Inc., possessed what Prussian military theorist Carl von Clausewitz called coup d’oeil — the...
Veteran says VA denied him coverage for cancer treatment: In another story about the Veterans’ Administration not providing adequate care, a veteran with stage-4...
America’s Lunar Base Must Be Commercial From Day One: With NASA’s recent declaration laying out national space policy, America has now committed itself to...
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Defense and aerospace industrial firms from the Islamic Republic of Iran that had been scheduled and confirmed to participate in Defense...
The two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran expires tonight. No deal has been reached. No formal extension has been agreed. Vance is...
Key Points and Summary: “A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.” Napoleon Bonaparte made the observation aboard HMS...
“When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing more to fear from them, then he is...
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...
It is easy to forget that before 2020 became a metaphor for the worst of all possible years, the previous candidate was 2016. Not...
When it comes to war, America is almost always playing an “away game.” The conflicts the nation has recently fought, and the defense activities...
Something strange is going on in the markets and in economic policymaking circles. Despite the world having just suffered from its worst economic recession...
19FortyFive is about change, and transients—especially sudden, dramatic, and quick ones, or black swans like a Pearl Harbor that fracture past trendlines altogether—are phenomena...
Editor’s Note: On this Inauguration Day, we spoke with Dr. Andrew Erickson, a professor of strategy in the U.S. Naval War College (NWC)’s China...
