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After Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ office teased a “major” announcement on Thursday, which some speculated could have been a 2024 presidential campaign run, the...
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In October 2024, Iran threatened to abandon the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and pursue a nuclear weapon if attacked by Israel. If history and...
In the wake of Israel’s first rounds of its preemptive military strike on Iran’s nuclear program, aptly named “Operation Rising Lion,” commentators rushed to...
Key Points and Summary – Operation “Midnight Hammer” was a bold demonstration of U.S. airpower, with nine B-2 stealth bombers striking Iranian targets. But...
The Trump administration’s recent unveiling of the Golden Dome, a sweeping missile defense architecture, has invoked swift condemnation from China. In response to the...
Key Points and Summary – The recent NATO summit in The Hague, where European allies agreed to a new 5% of GDP defense spending...
The Trump administration made the Russia-Ukraine ceasefire its priority foreign policy initiative shortly after the inauguration. Setting aside Donald Trump’s campaign rhetoric that he...
The strain in US-European relations under the second Trump administration stems primarily from a deepening ideological divide, not just policy disputes over trade or...
Since the ill-fated Oval Office meeting between Presidents Trump and Zelensky, the headlines have been dominated by pronouncements about the end of NATO, the...
Key Points and Summary on Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier: The US Navy’s Ford-class supercarriers, the largest warships ever built, represent a massive investment in American...
Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Navy’s Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) program, the future sea-based leg of the nuclear triad, is plagued...
Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Navy’s next-generation attack submarine program, the SSN(X), is facing significant delays and cost challenges, raising concerns about...
Question: The French Navy Only has One Aircraft Carrier. Is that a Problem? If Paris would like to maintain its status as one of...
The global financial and technological order is changing rapidly, and the U.S. must be at the center of these changes. As China aggressively pushes...
It is in the DNA of Star Wars to borrow from other genres. Indeed, George Lucas built his science fiction universe around the visual...
Key Points – Canada’s re-evaluation of its 88-unit F-35 fighter deal, driven by political tensions with the US, faces significant practical hurdles if Ottawa...
Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU)—collectively known as the Union—took power after securing the largest block...
Europe’s increasingly stodgy and intolerant political establishment continues to celebrate an unexpected electoral triumph in Romania. It was a badly needed victory for the...
With nukes off the table, Putin has invested in the rapid production of drones to carry out mass conventional attacks.
As Sir Niall Ferguson has written, it is far too easy to ridicule President Trump and his Administration’s statements and policies on Russia’s aggression...
Iran is facing crunch time on its continued talks with the United States over a potential new deal regarding its nuclear program. Iran’s Foreign...
Summary and Key Points: -North Korea’s deployment of 15,000 troops to support Russia in Ukraine offers critical battlefield experience that could significantly enhance its...
Summary and Key Points: North Korea has faced catastrophic losses among its troops fighting alongside Russia in Ukraine, with nearly 50 percent casualties reported....
North Korea and the Change Question: More than two decades ago, a defense and foreign affairs writer could visit China and not be constantly...
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is meeting with important allies during his Indo-Pacific trip, with one notable exception: South Korea, at a time of...
After Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ office teased a “major” announcement on Thursday, which some speculated could have been a 2024 presidential campaign run, the...
It used to be U.S. military policy to prepare to face war on two fronts – one in the Middle East and one in...
Thirty years ago, China’s military was mostly an afterthought. Its armed forces had not fought in a shooting war since 1979 in an abbreviated...
Biden Administration Will Declare Monkeypox “Public Health Emergency” – CNN reported on Thursday that the Biden administration plans to declare the Monkeypox virus outbreak...
See A Russian Tank’s Own Ammunition Explode After Strike in Ukraine – Video footage shared online this week shows the aftermath of a Russian...
