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Russian T-14 Armata Super Tank Delayed Again: The Russians are known for boasting about new weapons systems and then not delivering the goods on...
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Key Points and Summary – The recent NATO summit in The Hague, where European allies agreed to a new 5% of GDP defense spending...
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...
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...
Secretary Marco Rubio’s announcement following the US-Ukraine negotiations in Saudi Arabia that Ukraine has agreed to accept a 30-day ceasefire and to enter into...
A Comprehensive Analysis of the Sukhoi Su-25 “Frogfoot” Introduction: The Flying Tank Reborn In the pantheon of military aviation, few aircraft so perfectly embody...
The Foxbat: Anatomy of a Cold War Speed Demon Introduction The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25, known to NATO as the “Foxbat,” is less an aircraft and...
The MiG-31 Foxhound at Fifty: An Analysis of the MiG-31 Interceptor’s Enduring Legacy and Future Introduction The Mikoyan MiG-31, known to NATO as the...
The Tupolev PAK DA: Russia’s High-Stakes Gambit for a New Era of Strategic Airpower Introduction: The Dawn of a New Bomber Era The Tri-Polar...
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...
Over 150,000 dead and 11 million displaced are the result of war in Sudan that started months before the Gaza War, in 2023, and...
When former President Barack Obama took office, he embarked on a global apology tour. In Cairo, in 2009, he apologized for the Global War...
At a future point, many will ask an obvious question: why did the United States and Europe lift sanctions on Syria? The question will...
Key Points and Summary: The recent India-Pakistan crisis (April-May 2025), which saw a ceasefire after a terror attack and retaliatory strikes, demonstrates that nuclear...
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...
Russian T-14 Armata Super Tank Delayed Again: The Russians are known for boasting about new weapons systems and then not delivering the goods on...
Russia’s Tu-22M3 Missile Truck Is Back to Its Old Tricks: Russia’s Tu-22M3 ‘missile truck’ is relevant again. Known by its NATO moniker Backfire-C, the...
Smith & Wesson M&P9 M2.0: A 3 Minute Review – It’s always interesting when a manufacturer comes out with an upgraded weapon of the same...
In the aftermath of last year’s insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, I wrote in these pages that, “unless decisive action is taken – quickly...
Backing The Philippines in the South China Sea: Now that the United States has ended its 20 year-long war in Afghanistan, great power competition with China...
