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In the long term, the Chinese military is the primary adversary of the U.S. armed forces. A conflict with a near-peer enemy would be a lot...
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John Maynard Keynes famously said that “when the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do sir?”. Today with widespread reports of...
President Joe Biden’s “Summit for Democracy” is approaching. In early December, announced the State Department, “President Biden will host the first of two Summits for...
During the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, after learning Nikita Khrushchev had broken his commitment not to deploy nuclear-capable ballistic missiles on the island, John...
As tensions between Russia and the West persist and the threat of an invasion of Ukraine looms, Moscow proceeded with a most unusual move....
Not long ago I watched a remarkable film titled Only the Brave. Someone mentioned it online, and it’s a firefighting movie. I’m a sucker...
What do Russians want? Moscow seems to be going out of its way to keep its “near abroad”—Russian-speak for the erstwhile Soviet empire, in...
So the Pentagon released its latest report on Chinese military power this week, under the splashy title Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s...
NHK reports that China stands ready to ink a Code of Conduct for the South China Sea. Do tell. At this month’s (online) 24th...
Gatling Gun Can Do Some Damage Aboard Army Future Helicopter Program: A new US Army Gatling gun is getting ready to rock your world...
Engine Contract Shows F-15EX is Here to Stay: Critics of the F-15EX have pointed out that money spent on the 4th-generation, non-stealth fighter, should...
Picking the right design for the Royal Australian Navy’s nuclear-powered submarines is extraordinarily complex and difficult choices will need to be made. There are...
The long-awaited and much-delayed 2021 China military power report, released by the US Department of Defense earlier this month, makes for interesting reading. The report...
President Joe Biden has done the right thing to resist strong pressure from the Democratic Party’s progressive wing to replace Jerome Powell as head...
In 2009, when asked why Citibank kept lending aggressively on the eve of the US housing and credit market bust, Chuck Prince famously said...
On Wall Street, the more sophisticated traders are in the habit of asking investment analysts with strongly held views what factors might prove them...
A sound piece of policy advice is that when you find yourself in a hole you should stop digging. Judging by today’s Federal Reserve...
Tens of thousands of Kurds took to the streets of Sulaimani, Iraqi Kurdistan in recent days, protesting declining living standards and corruption. The demonstrations...
In recent months, both Russia and China have been making threatening military moves directed against the countries of Ukraine and Taiwan. Many in the...
Last week Russia blew up one of its own satellites in a surprise test of its anti-satellite capabilities. This is far from the first...
Rumors are flying once again that Russia is planning to invade Ukraine. The latest flurry of concern intensified when Brig. General Kyrylo Budanov, Ukraine’s...
The people of Taiwan have been living in a parallel world since June 2020, with the island recording more than 250 consecutive days without any domestic...
As Cato has long pointed out, the law takes a paradoxical stance toward so‐called “off‐label” use of drugs approved for use by the Food and Drug Administration...
There’s clearly an open divide in the United States between those who are vaccinated and those who are not. But among those who are,...
Over the past year, most Americans already have received three stimulus checks in total—with the latest payments amounting to more than $400 billion approved...
Canada may send additional troops and jet fighters to Ukraine in a bid to deter a possible Russian invasion. “Two sources with knowledge of...
What does it mean to say that the United States suffers from an “Imperial Presidency Problem?” For at least the last fifty years, it...
The acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse has divided the nation—again. Not that the nation needed any dividing. But politicians and the press can’t resist a...
European leaders may well be victims of their own success. Having incessantly drawn the world’s attention to the problem of climate change, the world...
Let me state up front that I want peace on the Korean peninsula, and I think all Koreans and Americans want peace. The question...
Over the difficult past year and a half amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Congress has approved the delivery of three stimulus checks to most...
Kim Jong-un, Chairman, General Secretary, and Supreme Leader of North Korea, no longer looks the part of “Fatty Kim,” as he once was insulted...
Amid calls for increasing dialogue with Pyongyang from both Washington and Seoul, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un continues ratcheting up the pressure with...
In the long term, the Chinese military is the primary adversary of the U.S. armed forces. A conflict with a near-peer enemy would be a lot...
The Beretta M9A1, A Short 9mm History: If you served in the U.S. military from either the end of the Cold War or Operation...
When the U.S. Navy wanted to take out targets 23 miles away, the battleship USS Wisconsin was the go-to ship for awe-inspiring naval gunfire....
How would NATO’s naval forces react in a two-front war against Russia and China? Will the transatlantic alliance be able to deploy enough aircraft carriers...
The Ukrainian T-84U Main Battle Tank Does Not Have the Numbers: Russia may have as many as 1,000 tanks, armored personnel carriers, and self-propelled...
