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Soldiers from 69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade conducted Patriot Missile live fire training, November 5, at McGregor Range Complex on Fort Bliss. The live fire exercise was conducted jointly with Air Defense counterparts from the Japanese Self-Defense Force. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Ian Vega-Cerezo) Soldiers from 69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade conducted Patriot Missile live fire training, November 5, at McGregor Range Complex on Fort Bliss. The live fire exercise was conducted jointly with Air Defense counterparts from the Japanese Self-Defense Force. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Ian Vega-Cerezo)

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

To begin with, NATO is in better shape today than the alliance was for most of the Cold War. Europeans need to stop fretting...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

4 Words: U.S. Air Force Gamble –  The U.S. Air Force is once again breathing new life into a relic of the Cold War....

The Embassy

Since January 26, US President Donald Trump has suggested multiple times a solution to the Israel-Hamas war: “just clean out” Gaza, moving the Palestinians...

The Embassy

Until her August 5, 2024 ouster, Sheikh Hasina, a two-time prime minister who had run Bangladesh for 20 of its 54-year history, was the...

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

As Donald J. Trump takes office as the country’s 47th President, American foreign and security policy are at an inflection point.   While analysts routinely...

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

The United States is on the cusp of perhaps the most fundamental rethinking of its foreign policy since 1945. The inauguration of the second...

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

As the second Trump administration prepares to take charge of US foreign and security policy, there is intense debate in Washington about what the...

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

While NATO has largely maintained its unity against Moscow following Russia’s second invasion of Ukraine, the alliance’s political pronouncements of support have not been...

Smart Bombs

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Article Summary: The F-35 Lightning II is famous for its stealth and advanced sensors, but in “Beast Mode,” it sheds its stealth profile for...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

The Russian Navy’s Nuclear Powered Kirov-Class Battlecruiser: Back in Action?  Key Point: Though the Admiral Nakhimov’s two nuclear reactors have been recently reactivated, it...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Key Points and Summary: In a bold show of force, the U.S., Japan, and Australia have deployed their F-35 fighter jets for Cope North...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

The Type 10 Main Battle Tank (MBT), also known as the Hitomaru-shiki sensha, represents a significant leap in Japan’s armored warfare capabilities. Developed by...

Trillions

Trillions - 19FortyFive

While the Trump Administration has been running roughshod over Washington in its opening weeks, promising to cut or even eliminate—or “delete”—government agencies through Elon...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

President Donald Trump, for much of his time in politics, has tested the limits of what a president, or for that matter a candidate,...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

Ever since President Trump began threatening new tariffs, some have argued that the tariffs are a mere negotiating tactic, something to threaten other countries...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

In late December, Finland seized a Russian-linked vessel on suspicion of cutting undersea cables in the Baltic Sea. While this may represent a novel tactic...

The Embassy

The Embassy

In the days after Pearl Harbor, nearly every American agreed on the important stuff. This was an attack on all of us. The Axis...

The Embassy

This month is the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The war has bogged down into a stalemate. Russia can make incremental...

The Embassy

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the popular Indian leader elected to a third term last summer, is in town this week to meet with President...

The Embassy

On board Air Force One on Sunday, U.S. President Donald J. Trump confirmed that he’s spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin about the Russia-Ukraine...

Hermit Kingdom

Hermit Kingdom

South Korea’s political turmoil of martial law, impeachments, and vitriolic attacks among its political parties has entered its third month—and it’s likely that several...

Hermit Kingdom

The North Korean regime must be celebrating. After years of bad news on its foreign relations, the regime is finally getting what it presumably...

Hermit Kingdom

North Korea fired a shot across the stern of the outgoing Biden administration by launching a missile during Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit...

Hermit Kingdom

The recent Foreign Affairs article, “Why South Korea Should Go Nuclear” by Robert E. Kelly and Min-hyung Kim, argues that South Korea’s acquisition of...