Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Key Points: The fall of Syria’s Assad regime after 50 years introduces both opportunities and dangers. While Assad’s demise weakens Russia and Iran’s influence,...
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Key Points: The F-16 Fighting Falcon has proven indispensable to Ukraine’s war effort against Russia, with at least two dozen aircraft delivered. However, challenges...
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad may be the chief casualty of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)’s capture of Damascus, but he may not be alone. Just...
Since the emergence of the modern nation-state and the slow, steady disappearance of its competitors, questions of influence and primacy have preoccupied international politics....
America Should Stay Out of the Looming Syria Quagmire: The regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria has fallen. Assad was a loathsome dictator with...
Imperial Japan guessed poorly at Pearl Harbor. It misjudged the impact of its actions on a peacetime strategic competitor, made a foe of that...
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...
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,...
I think Theodore Roosevelt would be dismayed at the state of global order today. It seems to be in retreat, or rather under concerted...
Key Points: The U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) has faced significant criticism for its limited survivability in major maritime warfare. -However, it has...
Key Points: The F-35, particularly Israel’s modified F-35I Adir variant, demonstrated its capabilities in combat against Iran, reportedly neutralizing a significant portion of Iranian...
Key Points: In 2020, the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) began a strategic transformation under the Force Design 2030 plan, divesting from heavy armor to...
Key Points: The Astute-class submarines are the pride of the Royal Navy, replacing the Trafalgar-class and cementing Britain’s role in modern undersea warfare. -With...
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...
On paper, Scott Bessent appears to be a fine choice for Treasury Secretary in the incoming Trump administration. Indeed, who could be better qualified...
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....
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 Trump administration faces a historic opportunity to resolve the Western Sahara conflict. Centered on a disputed territory along North Africa’s Atlantic seaboard, where...
Key Points: Vladimir Putin’s empire-building ambitions are collapsing under the weight of economic decay, international isolation, and the disastrous war in Ukraine. -His obsessive...
Key Points: The fall of Damascus to Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) signals a monumental shift in Syria and the Middle East. While the Assad...
On 9/11, Sunni Islamism attacked the U.S. and suffered a crushing American response that allowed Iranian Shia Islamism to rise and dominate parts of...
America’s focus on higher education has, quite fairly, focused on the anti-Israel protests–which have often veered into overt antisemitism–that have hit college campuses since...
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,...
Apart from the Fourth of July, Thanksgiving is the most quintessentially American holiday celebrated in the United States. What it lacks in the muscular...
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...
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...
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...
North Korea has provided support in the civil wars in Ethiopia, Angola, Sri Lanka, and Yemen. Though the number of troops was small, North...
A vague North Korean-Russia alignment adds a new headache to East Asian security. But without China, it is still underpowered.
Key Points: The fall of Syria’s Assad regime after 50 years introduces both opportunities and dangers. While Assad’s demise weakens Russia and Iran’s influence,...
Key Points: The U.S. Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter program faces delays and cost reevaluations, with estimates once at $300 million...
Key Points: Russia’s Kirov-class battlecruisers, once symbols of naval might, face an uncertain future amidst a rapidly changing maritime warfare landscape. -With long-range precision...
Key Points: China’s unveiling of a two-seat J-20S variant of its fifth-generation stealth fighter raises questions about its strategic intent and technological capabilities. -While...
Key Points: The Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov is plagued by numerous issues, primarily its outdated mazut-fueled propulsion system. -Mazut, a thick and tarry...
