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It is that arrogance that produced the Iraq War and Washington’s other military misadventures. Until U.S. leaders finally comprehend the inevitable, toxic effects of...

Defense Feed

In the years to come, the measure of the B-21 Raider will hinge on many factors, but probably none as much as its greatest asset...

Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat - 19FortyFive

The framework seems sound; now let’s see what substance the Pentagon and Biden administration hang on it. Last month the Joint Chiefs of Staff...

The Embassy

What happens when the world’s two most dangerous humans meet?  We are about to find out. Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping are going to...

Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat

Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat - 19FortyFive

This week I returned to the mothership for the first time in a dozen years, to take part in a conference at Vanderbilt University...

Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat - 19FortyFive

Of late there’s been a lively discussion in the halls of U.S. Naval War College in Newport, R.I. (where I serve as the  J....

Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat - 19FortyFive

Russia’s year-long onslaught against Ukraine proves, yet again, that the fundamental nature of war never changes even though no war is precisely like another....

Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat - 19FortyFive

The Gods of the Copybook Headings smiled beatifically on the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps last week. For poet Rudyard Kipling the simple headings...

Smart Bombs

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

A video shared on social media late last week showed the destruction of a Russian BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicle near the city of Bakhmut....

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Meer the Saab 29: Nicknamed the “Flying Barrel” for its portly, almost comical appearance, the Saab S29 or Saab 29 Tunnan in fact was...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Ukraine War Update: Russian forces are making progress in the Donbas. Although the battle for the town of Bakhmut has captured the headlines, there is...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

By using kamikaze drones, Ukraine has been able to preserve troops and equipment while consistently chipping away at Russian forces. 

Trillions

Trillions - 19FortyFive

French President Emmanuel Macron raised France’s retirement age from 62 to 64 – without a legislative vote. “The move sparked widespread outrage in the French...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

By bailing out all depositors—even those who had more than the already insured $250,000 in the banks in question—the federal government has just nationalized...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

Banks in centuries past were often formidable buildings, with large columns in the front and big, stout doors. There was a reason for this:...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

Following talks with United Nations officials, Russia announced this week that the Black Sea Initiative – a grain export deal brokered by the UN...

The Embassy

The Embassy

China creates problems for allies in the East and the West. We ought to work together, not just to push back on China’s malicious...

The Embassy

Thousands of Georgians took to the streets recently to protest the passage of the “Foreign Agent Draft Law” by the Georgian parliament. Georgians protested the bill,...

The Embassy

More Ukraine drama for Putin: Lately, the mercenaries of the Wagner Group have been grabbing the headlines with their tactical successes in and around...

The Embassy

The situation in and around Bakhmut remains precarious for the Ukrainian forces. Russian troops are on the offensive, and there is heavy fighting for...

Coronavirus

Coronavirus Chaos

China’s dramatic shift from draconian restrictions to relaxed COVID-19 rules is likely to cause more economic disruptions than benefits. The poorly performing economy will...

Coronavirus Chaos

This was the year the word “tripledemic” entered the lexicon. That’s the term for the three different types of illnesses, COVID-19, flu, and RSV,...

Coronavirus Chaos

Perhaps as many as 90% of China’s 1.41 billion people will come down with COVID-19, said Feng Zijian, former deputy chief of China’s Center...

Coronavirus Chaos

A new virus has emerged in China and infected around 35 people, sparking concern that a new pandemic could be on the way. Scientists...

Politics News

Politics

The New York Police Department is bracing for potentially violent unrest in the event that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg follows through with the...

Politics

Trump makes some strange insinuations about Ron DeSantis – Shortly after the Florida governor and possible presidential candidate spoke about his potential indictment, the former...

Politics

Hobbs is already in office doing things governors do, but Lake not only hasn’t conceded, but she is also taking her allegations of election...

Politics

In an interesting turn of events, Joe Biden is now the target of the House Oversight and Government Accountability Committee’s investigation into his family’s...

Hermit Kingdom

Hermit Kingdom

In recent days it has been reported in the Chosun Ilbo (one of South Korea’s most widely read daily newspapers) that if North Korea...

Hermit Kingdom

North Korea’s Kim Yo-jong is at it again, making extreme threats. Two weeks ago, the U.S. Indo-Pacific commander, Adm. John Aquilino, reportedly said that...

Hermit Kingdom

On Thursday morning, North Korea launched a short-range ballistic missile toward the Yellow Sea just days after Kim Yo Jong, sister of leader Kim...

Hermit Kingdom

On March 6, Seoul announced a new plan for resolving the lingering dispute with Japan over compensation for South Koreans forced to labor for...