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During the heated debates on Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, many point to past instances of Russian military aggression under Putin. But this emphasis...
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France’s Charles de Gaulle (R91) is the only nuclear-powered aircraft carrier outside the U.S. fleet — half the size of a Nimitz-class but built...
Britain’s Astute-class nuclear-powered attack submarine is so quiet that sonar operators have mistaken its acoustic signature for a baby dolphin or ambient ocean background...
Summary and Key Points: China is building what amounts to an automated network of drones and sensors at industrial scale — outside what the...
The strategic logic behind the Australia-United Kingdom-United States (AUKUS) agreement was straightforward. Australia needed nuclear-powered submarines to operate effectively across the vast Indo-Pacific. The...
Iran: A War at the Wrong Time and Place: As the war in Iran continues and analysts debate how long it will last and...
Strategic expert Andrew A. Michta explores how Russia is capitalizing on the Iran War to consolidate gains in Europe. With U.S. resources drained and...
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 F-22 Raptor is considered by many to be one of the most advanced aircraft currently in service. Despite being built in the 1980s...
The FS Charles de Gaulle (R91) — the only nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the world outside the U.S. fleet — has arrived in the...
The B-52 Stratofortress pilots perfected low-level flying during the Cold War to operate under Soviet radar systems after the Soviets made significant enhancements to...
A New York Times report published in May 2026 estimates that as many as 1.1 million Russians have been killed or severely wounded during...
President Donald Trump arrived in Beijing on Wednesday for a 2-day summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Trump is the first sitting U.S. president...
Canada committed in 2023 to buy 88 Lockheed Martin F-35A stealth fighters to replace its CF-18 fleet — today it has firmly committed to...
Two classified Russian military satellites maintained a 10-foot gap in low Earth orbit on April 28, while traveling at 17,000 miles per hour. The...
A new study has uncovered a deeply troubling problem in the world’s network of undersea commercial tunnels: rubber GINA gaskets are degrading 35% faster...
On May 9, 2026, Russia held its annual Victory Day parade in Red Square. It was the shortest in the event’s history. Just 43...
The U.S. war with Iran has now lasted more than two months. Pentagon munitions stockpiles are critically short. The Pentagon recently attempted to reclaim...
The Iran Ceasefire Isn’t Dead. That’s Exactly the Problem: The ceasefire is holding, and Iran is the reason. Not because Tehran has any interest...
Vladimir Putin’s paranoia has surged to an all-time high—the Russian president now reportedly spends his days and nights shuttling between underground bunker complexes, terrified...
Fake Russian IDs, Orders Never to Be Captured, and 50% Casualties: Inside North Korea’s Secret War in Ukraine The Russian Army has sustained nearly...
Summary and Key Points: Dr. Bruce E. Bechtol Jr., a political science professor and proliferation expert, evaluates the strategic partnership between Iran and North...
Summary and Key Points: Reuben F. Johnson, a veteran defense technology analyst and Casimir Pulaski Foundation fellow, scrutinizes the Ninth Congress of the Workers’...
Korea’s Division Isn’t a Glitch Anymore. It’s a Feature of the New Order The division of Korea was always understood to be temporary. In...
During the heated debates on Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, many point to past instances of Russian military aggression under Putin. But this emphasis...
Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Means Detterence Must Be Strengthened in Europe Now: Retired British General, and former NATO Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe Richard Shirreff,...
Lindsey Graham Struggles to Find Support for Putin Assassination Idea – Republican Senator Lindsey Graham faced backlash last week for comments made on Twitter,...
Just how strong is Russia afterall? Russian President Vladimir Putin aspires to be a leader of the great power of Eurasia rivaling China to its...
Putin has unleashed a horrific war on Ukraine. How does it end? Early in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, then-Maj. Gen. David Petraeus (later a...
