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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Austin Daniel, an F-16 crew chief from the New Jersey Air National Guard's 177th Fighter Wing, looks over his assigned aircraft prior to a training mission at Atlantic City Air National Guard Base, N.J., Dec. 17, 2014. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Matt Hecht/Released) U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Austin Daniel, an F-16 crew chief from the New Jersey Air National Guard's 177th Fighter Wing, looks over his assigned aircraft prior to a training mission at Atlantic City Air National Guard Base, N.J., Dec. 17, 2014. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Matt Hecht/Released)

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

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...

The Embassy

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...

The Embassy

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....

The Embassy

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...

Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat

Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat - 19FortyFive

Imperial Japan guessed poorly at Pearl Harbor. It misjudged the impact of its actions on a peacetime strategic competitor, made a foe of that...

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...

Smart Bombs

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

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...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

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...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

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...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

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...

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

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...

The Embassy

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...

The Embassy

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...

The Embassy

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...

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Politics

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...

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...

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