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One of the “winners” so far in the war in Ukraine has been the U.S. Intelligence Community. Starting in the Fall, the U.S. intelligence...
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Germany is studying whether to join GCAP, the sixth-generation fighter Britain, Japan and Italy launched in December 2022 for service by 2035, after its...
The Soviet Victor III attack submarine, introduced in 1979, was the first Soviet boat quiet enough to hide in the ocean’s background noise. As...
The Pentagon’s China Military Power Report says the People’s Liberation Army Navy plans to operate nine aircraft carriers by 2035. China has three today,...
For decades Beijing and Moscow treated North Korea as a shared client — “as close as lips and teeth,” in Mao’s phrase. Ted Galen...
Putin’s proposal for a U.S.-China-Russia trilateral in China — with Ukraine and Europe excluded — has revived Beltway enthusiasm for a “Kissinger-in-reverse” bid to...
The Trump administration’s deal to allow Russian diesel into the United States blindsided Kyiv and Europe alike — halting peace talks, triggering threats to...
Sabotage at Leipzig, Swindon, and Skarżysko-Kamienna. A curfew across the river from Narva. New garrisons at Petrozavodsk, Lupche-Savino, and Pechenga pointing at Finland's 830-mile...
The Witkoff-Kushner shuttle between Moscow and Kyiv ended, predictably, without a breakthrough — and Andrew Michta argues the failure reveals something deeper than bad...
Summary and Key Points: A line commonly attributed to James Mattis holds that wise leadership requires collaboration, or it ends in failure, and his...
The K-278 Komsomolets was the only Mike-class submarine the Soviet Union ever built: a titanium double hull, a reactor that cooled itself without noisy...
Iran recently fired a hypersonic missile at USS George Washington. In 2005 the Navy blasted the retired carrier USS America for weeks, 300 miles...
The Royal Navy's Dreadnought-class SSBNs are still years away, and the Vanguards have to hold the line until she arrives.
Four ships crossed the Strait of Hormuz Thursday against a 10-day average of 16. Iran said it hit tanker Trend on Friday. Brent is...
Jobs dropped out of Reed College and stayed on as what he called a "drop-in," sitting in on classes that interested him. One was...
"Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. There is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more a man has,...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has unveiled Operation Economic Outcast: secondary sanctions across five sectors and more than sixty targets, with no relief attached. Iran's...
Dr. Robert Kelly, a professor of international relations at Pusan National University, argues the separation of powers in American foreign policy has nearly collapsed,...
Both sides would use a Ukraine war pause to rearm, and a longer pause may mean a bloodier spring. Michael Rubin argues Kyiv should...
For four and a half years the request was essentially a check, and the argument was that a properly supplied David could match Goliath....
Let Trump be Trump—which he will be anyway. Even if his peace efforts fail (which is entirely possible), American interests will be protected, and...
President Trump says he gets along with Kim Jong Un and wants a new summit before the end of 2026, along with smaller US-South...
Trump is reportedly considering another meeting with Kim Jong Un. The last round produced Singapore, Hanoi, and the DMZ, and by 2020 the status...
American doctrine promises that any North Korean nuclear attack will end the Kim regime. The Iran war has just tested that assumption. The United...
Trump ordered Ulchi Freedom Shield cut from eleven days to five before Kim Jong-un had agreed to anything in return. Kim Yo-jong dismissed the...
One of the “winners” so far in the war in Ukraine has been the U.S. Intelligence Community. Starting in the Fall, the U.S. intelligence...
China’s J-20 Stealth Fighter Has Been Making Regular Patrol Flights With New Engine – The South China Morning Post reported this week that China’s J-20 stealth aircraft...
Has China Made Progress on a Sixth Generation Fighter? – China has reportedly been among the nations leapfrogging the fifth generation of fighter hets...
Will U.S. Troops Train Ukrainian Soldiers to Use Switchblade Drones? The United States and NATO allies have so far refrained from deploying troops to...
200 M113 Armored Personnel Carriers are Headed to Ukraine: As part of the latest $800 million military aid package announced on Wednesday, the United States...
