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Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Could the United States fight a two-front war? This would entail continuing the shooting conflict with Iran and facing an aggressive China that finally...

The Embassy

Donald Trump’s Way of War: An American Tradition At first, conventional minds worried that President Donald Trump’s campaign against Iran would draw us into...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Extending the life of the A-10 Warthog ‘Flying Tank’ until 2030 is an extremely smart idea for the Pentagon, as the classic close-air-support platform...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

As the Iran war grinds on, the administration of US President Donald Trump has cast around for rationales to justify US bombing. The president...

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

Iran: A War at the Wrong Time and Place: As the war in Iran continues and analysts debate how long it will last and...

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

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...

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

Key Points and Summary – The recent NATO summit in The Hague, where European allies agreed to a new 5% of GDP defense spending...

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

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...

Smart Bombs

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

“We’ve been looking for the enemy for some time now. We finally found them. We’re surrounded. That simplifies the problem.” – Lewis “Chesty” Puller...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

“You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war. The very prevention of war requires more faith, courage, and resolution than preparing for war does....

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Do you ever wonder why the U.S. Navy wants only nuclear-powered and not diesel-electric submarines? Diesel-electrics are much less expensive and easier to build....

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

“There are no extraordinary men…just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with.” – U.S. Navy Admiral William Bull Halsey  These were...

Trillions

Trillions - 19FortyFive

With the two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran due to expire on April 22, President Donald Trump may soon face the same...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

Key Points and Summary – Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Inc., possessed what Prussian military theorist Carl von Clausewitz called coup d’oeil — the...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

Veteran says VA denied him coverage for cancer treatment: In another story about the Veterans’ Administration not providing adequate care, a veteran with stage-4...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

America’s Lunar Base Must Be Commercial From Day One: With NASA’s recent declaration laying out national space policy, America has now committed itself to...

The Embassy

The Embassy

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Defense and aerospace industrial firms from the Islamic Republic of Iran that had been scheduled and confirmed to participate in Defense...

The Embassy

The two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran expires tonight. No deal has been reached. No formal extension has been agreed. Vance is...

The Embassy

Key Points and Summary: “A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.” Napoleon Bonaparte made the observation aboard HMS...

The Embassy

“When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing more to fear from them, then he is...

Hermit Kingdom

Hermit Kingdom

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...

Hermit Kingdom

Summary and Key Points: Dr. Bruce E. Bechtol Jr., a political science professor and proliferation expert, evaluates the strategic partnership between Iran and North...

Hermit Kingdom

Summary and Key Points: Reuben F. Johnson, a veteran defense technology analyst and Casimir Pulaski Foundation fellow, scrutinizes the Ninth Congress of the Workers’...

Hermit Kingdom

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...