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Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat

Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat - 19FortyFive

Over at the Atlantic Council, former director of U.S. Navy strategy and operational concepts Bruce Stubbs probes “Ten Challenges to Implementing Force Design 2030.” Force...

Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat - 19FortyFive

It’s starting to feel like 1953 again, this time in Ukraine. That year is when the Koreas and their allies agreed on an armistice,...

Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat - 19FortyFive

I think Theodore Roosevelt would be dismayed at the state of global order today. It seems to be in retreat, or rather under concerted...

Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat - 19FortyFive

A friend serving in the U.S. Army asks: how can army leaders get their message about the army’s role in Pacific strategy to “resonate”...

Smart Bombs

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Key Points: The Canadian Armed Forces face a critical recruitment and retention crisis, with 12,000 unfilled positions and rising attrition rates undermining operational capacity....

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Key Points: Experts continue to question the vulnerability of expensive U.S. Navy aircraft carriers. Some say they could be quickly sunk in a war with...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Key Points: When Donald Trump becomes the 47th U.S. president, his defense budgets will likely emphasize increased spending on advanced weapons systems like the...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Key Points: The U.S. Air Force operates only 19 B-2 Spirit stealth bombers due to their high cost—$2.1 billion per jet. Initially, the Air...

Trillions

Trillions - 19FortyFive

Donald Trump’s Poisoned Economic Chalice: Today’s solid employment report, together with a stock market setting records day after day, seems to confirm the conventional...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

On paper, Scott Bessent appears to be a fine choice for Treasury Secretary in the incoming Trump administration. Indeed, who could be better qualified...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

Key Points: The debate over how many B-21 Raider stealth bombers the U.S. Air Force should build hinges on cost, capability, and strategic needs....

Trillions - 19FortyFive

In early 2008 Ben Bernanke’s Federal Reserve downplayed at great cost the downside risks to the economy coming from the subprime loan crisis. Today,...

The Embassy

The Embassy

Syrian opposition forces led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a radical Sunni group, continue to make lightening advances against the Assad regime as his...

The Embassy

South Korean Democracy Just Survived a Stress Test: Late Monday night, South Korean President Yoon Seok-Yeol declared martial law. That requires validation by the...

The Embassy

Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan is playing with and stoking fires in Syria. Following the major military offensive mounted by the Salafi-jihadist forces of Hayat...

The Embassy

One forlorn regret that gnaws at some policymakers in Washington and Brussels is NATO enlargement and how growing the alliance may have led Vladimir...

Coronavirus

Coronavirus Chaos

Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) has reignited concerns about the relationship between Dr. Anthony Fauci, former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious...

Coronavirus Chaos

Anthony Fauci, the former head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, does not believe that federal mask mandates will return even...

Coronavirus Chaos

There has been just enough distance and peace from COVID-19 restrictions and paranoia to let the horrible memories of those terrible two years fade...

Coronavirus Chaos

Kirillov didn't just suggest that the United States was responsible for the Covid-19 pandemic but also claimed that the Office of Pandemic Preparedness and...

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Politics

Who’s up next for the toughest job in the world?  Secretary of Defense is probably the single most difficult job in the US government,...

Politics

Apart from the Fourth of July, Thanksgiving is the most quintessentially American holiday celebrated in the United States. What it lacks in the muscular...

Politics

Those who seek peace in Gaza, however, should remember that this war is like most others: one party attacked, the other counter-attacked, and, for...

Politics

Time is a precious commodity in Israel’s fight against Hamas terrorists. As Israel prepares to enter Hamas’s final stronghold, Rafah, the United States should...

Hermit Kingdom

Hermit Kingdom

If Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has anything to say about it, sunny North Korea may soon become the next hot tourist destination for...

Hermit Kingdom

We have a habit of thinking of China and North Korea as allies. Indeed, China’s Mao Zedong once described the two as being “as...

Hermit Kingdom

North Korea has provided support in the civil wars in Ethiopia, Angola, Sri Lanka, and Yemen. Though the number of troops was small, North...

Hermit Kingdom

A vague North Korean-Russia alignment adds a new headache to East Asian security. But without China, it is still underpowered.

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Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security