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The Embassy

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev appears to relish embarrassing the State Department. Just weeks after the now-voided ceasefire, Aliyev castigated on live television Andrew Schofer, at the...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

While the U.S. has allies that have tanks and fighters it can always depend on; it stands alone against these near-peer adversaries when it...

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...

The Embassy

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin affirmed their strong ties during initial talks that hinted Russia will provide military...

Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat

Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat - 19FortyFive

If successful, in short, the B-21 will present U.S. and allied commanders the opportunity to exploit command of the air before winning it.

Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat - 19FortyFive

Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks set defense commentators aflutter last month when she announced “Replicator,” an initiative meant to field “small, smart, cheap” uncrewed,...

Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat - 19FortyFive

Endorsed! This month over at the Naval Institute Proceedings, coastguardsman Steve Hulse urges the U.S. Navy to procure a flotilla of Sentinel-class fast response cutters...

Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat - 19FortyFive

The odds still favor Russia, both by Moltkean logic and by virtue of Russia’s massive demographic, economic, and military preponderance over Ukraine. But combatants...

Smart Bombs

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

China’s carriers will continue to be a weak point in China’s overall military threat to Taiwan and its allies.

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Last year, a total of nine Freedom-class LCSs were marked for disposal as part of the Department of Defense's (DoD's) Fiscal Year 2023 budget proposal.

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

The U.S. Air Force’s inventory of B-1B Lancer bombers is limping into the sunset due to age. Congress overrode former President Donald Trump’s veto...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Few of the world’s great powers have the capacity to design and produce fifth-generation fighters. The U.S. is an outlier, with its various fifth-generation...

Trillions

Trillions - 19FortyFive

China is facing a storm of challenges that could bring down its mighty empire in a decade, according to geopolitical expert Peter Zeihan.

Trillions - 19FortyFive

Even though there’s no way the president can set gas prices, presidential candidate Ron DeSantis’ energy plan has been released, including a promise of...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

After some alarming new numbers about rising child poverty, some are wishing for the return of a temporary policy from early on in the...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

Donald Trump describes the idea of a tariff on essentially all imports to the U.S. as a “ring around the U.S. economy,” but such...

The Embassy

The Embassy

President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came together on Wednesday, expressing a shared commitment to advancing a historic agreement aimed at...

The Embassy

The United States and the G7 are beginning to admit it: Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine is going to drag on for years. What...

The Embassy

Armenia is flipping. In 1920, 1999, and 2020, Washington was asleep at the switch. It must not make the same mistake four times.

The Embassy

The rhetoric from prominent Republican candidates over the Russian invasion of Ukraine is frightening to say the least.

Coronavirus

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...

Coronavirus Chaos

For much of this year, it looked like the COVID-19 pandemic was finally over. But in recent weeks, there have been signs of a...

Politics News

Politics

Donald Trump has been asking his lawyers questions about a possible prison stint, whether he’ll go to a “club fed” minimum-security facility or a...

Politics

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, political juggler that he is, isn’t (or shouldn’t) really be primarily concerned with how the impeachment inquiry against President Joe...

Politics

Gov. Gavin Newsom recently announced a lawsuit against the major oil companies, after previously announcing a proposed constitutional amendment on guns. Is this his...

Politics

This week, Donald Trump described the government funding fight as “the last chance to defund these political prosecutions against me.”

Hermit Kingdom

Hermit Kingdom

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

Hermit Kingdom

The Biden team believes it can shame North Korea into being a responsible actor. But Kim cares not about international prestige but about survival,...

Hermit Kingdom

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will reportedly travel to Vladivostok this month to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin. The pair appears to be...

Hermit Kingdom

The North Korean navy has grown even more dangerous over the last few years, creating more problems for the U.S. in the Indo-Pacific region.