Trillions - 19FortyFive
There is a clear consensus among defense and intelligence officials across the globe that China has moved from being a competitor to the West...
Hi, what are you looking for?
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...
There is a clear consensus among defense and intelligence officials across the globe that China has moved from being a competitor to the West...
The Indian Navy has a new flagship, as the Cochin Shipyard Ltd. (CSL) officially handed over the first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC-1) Vikrant on...
U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping held their fifth call today since Biden’s inauguration. According to the White House readout of...
For the first time since the Russian forces crossed the Ukrainian border posts and rolled into Ukraine on February 24 the top U.S. diplomat is...
The AR-15 isn’t an assault rifle and clearly not a weapon of war: Last December, it was announced that Ford Motor’s F-Series pickup truck had remained...
