Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
In recent weeks, tensions in the Middle East appeared ready to spill over into a larger conflict. The U.S. turned around an aircraft carrier...
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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 Secretary of Defense recently traveled to Asia and gave a major speech that rattled China’s leaders who called its “provocations” Cold War rhetoric...
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...
Key Points – The Su-57E, Russia’s export variant of its Su-57 “Felon” stealth fighter offered to India, differs significantly from the domestic Russian version...
Key Points – Following recent India-Pakistan military clashes, China is reportedly expediting the sale of J-35 (also known as FC-31) fifth-generation stealth fighters to...
Russia's K-329 Belgorod, one of the world's largest submarines, is a unique nuclear-powered platform with a dual-mission capability, creating strategic ambiguity.
Russia made a bold proposal to India on June 4th, offering its Su-57E fifth-generation "Felon" fighter with an unprecedented incentive: full access to the...
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...
In recent weeks, tensions in the Middle East appeared ready to spill over into a larger conflict. The U.S. turned around an aircraft carrier...
A year past the U.S. strike on Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, in the waning days of the Trump administration, Washington and Tehran remain stuck...
To securocrats the world over NATO has a formidable reputation. Having faced down the Soviet menace in the Cold War, for a time it...
While we on the U.S. mainland were fixated on a presidential election that hung in the balance for five long days, the residents of...
Speculation about the possibility of a U.S attack on Iran has reached a fever pitch as President Donald Trump’s administration winds down. Far from signaling...
