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The Embassy

Can we turn Ukraine into Austria?  Or perhaps Finland? Along with a host of others, former Greek Minister of Finance Yannis Varoufakis has argued...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Western policymakers and analysts who think that Ukraine can negotiate a deal with a group that has no intention of stopping should either cease...

The Embassy

Volodymyr Zelensky is all of 45 years old, yet he has become one of the most consequential statesmen on the global stage. If he...

The Embassy

The United States is bolstering defense and security alliances across the Indo-Pacific at a determined pace. Chinese provocations appear to be a major catalyst...

Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat

Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat - 19FortyFive

Remarks presented by our own Dr. James Holmes at Global Security Forum ’23, World Affairs Council of Connecticut, Hartford, CT, September 22, 2023.  The...

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...

Smart Bombs

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

NATO member-state Denmark officially became the latest operator of the Lockheed Martin F-35A Lighting II — the conventional takeoff and landing variant of the...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Even if production could be increased, the F-35 program won't run forever. It wouldn't do any of the companies — large or small —...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

In transitioning from a high-profile and polarizing predecessor, Gen. Charles Q. Brown, a former F-16 pilot known as “Swamp Thing,” is set to become...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

This U.S. Army debuted some new tech this autumn, as the 4th Battalion, 60th Air Defense Artillery Regiment (4-60th Battalion) received the Directed Energy...

Trillions

Trillions - 19FortyFive

As a former German POW said of the United States after having been imprisoned here during the Second World War: “I couldn’t believe how...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

A nation and its attendant economy are only as strong and great as its population base. A key factor undergirding that population is a...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

As the United States grapples with the aftermath of the pandemic, the financial burden on students and graduates is about to become even more...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

In addition to the payments being still on time, Social Security Administration offices will remain open. However, a minority of employees will be furloughed,...

The Embassy

The Embassy

The failure to respond forcefully to terrorist provocations or to show weakness in the face of terrorism, such as we did in our chaotic...

The Embassy

“Rocket Man,” roared US President Donald J. Trump’s booming, New York accent across the speakers of the opulent United Nations General Assembly chamber, “is...

The Embassy

China’s property market, which accounts for about 30 percent of China’s gross domestic product (GDP), has been in freefall since the collapse of Evergrande...

The Embassy

The battle on the ground in Ukraine continues as the Ukrainian military is trying to take advantage of a tactical breach in the south...

Coronavirus

Coronavirus Chaos

Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) has reignited concerns about the relationship between Dr. Anthony Fauci, former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious...

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...

Politics News

Politics

Congress finally passed a 45-day spending bill and in the process managed to narrowly avoid another federal government shutdown, but not without more than...

Politics

President Joe Biden has turned away from one of his pledges made during the 2020 campaign.

Politics

You don’t earn a nickname like “Amtrak Joe” without riding the rails quite a lot, and it is no secret that President Joe Biden...

Politics

RFK has had success raising funds, despite being a relatively marginalized candidate in a primary that Biden is expected to win handily.

Hermit Kingdom

Hermit Kingdom

While it is a small, underdeveloped nation by nearly every metric, it nonetheless possesses one of the largest standing armies in the world, counting...

Hermit Kingdom

While analysts mostly focus on the threat of North Korea’s nuclear capabilities, Pyongyang’s arsenal of chemical and Biological weapons is also a worry. 

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...