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Over at the LA Times, I offered my thoughts on the recent Trump decision to get tough on China. While events in recent days...
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Surface-fired hypersonic missiles, 600kw lasers, high-velocity rounds, and a 32 Megajoule Railgun are a few of the weapons systems expected to be built into...
Key Points and Summary: The U.S. Navy’s most technologically advanced surface warships — including the Ford-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford and the...
The Iran debate in Washington is about which options Trump has left. That’s the wrong debate. The problem isn’t the menu — it’s that...
As the war in Ukraine enters its fourth year of hostilities, the dynamics on the ground and in the air are shifting. Having traveled...
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...
“Never forget that no military leader has ever become great without audacity.” – Carl von Clausewitz That quote is attributed to Carl von Clausewitz,...
“In any organization, it’s all about selecting the right team. The two qualities I was taught to value most in selecting others for promotion...
The Eurofighter Typhoon is still going strong, despite its status as a 4.5 Generation fighter rather than a 5th-generation stealth fighter. It’s the end...
Few American generals remain as recognizable decades after their death as George S. Patton Jr. He was feared by enemies and admired by many...
Key Point: The Walt Disney Company has raised peak-day ticket prices at the Walt Disney World Resort’s Magic Kingdom theme park to approximately $219...
Is Florida Still An Inexpensive State To Live In?: The sunshine, the weather (no snow), and the proximity to both the Atlantic Ocean and...
“Water is $4.50 for a basic Desani. Smartwater is $6.25. Food is almost unaffordable, and people bring their own food now. Soon, we might...
My wife and I are political scientists, and what better way to study politics than living in Washington, DC? Plus, I am a foreign...
An internal Pentagon email circulated this week by Elbridge Colby, the U.S. Defense Department’s top policy adviser, examined options for punishing NATO allies that...
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...
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 two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran expires tonight. No deal has been reached. No formal extension has been agreed. Vance is...
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...
Over at the LA Times, I offered my thoughts on the recent Trump decision to get tough on China. While events in recent days...
I’ve taken a close interest in civil‐military relations for decades. I was taught the importance of civilian control over the U.S. military as a young NROTC midshipman....
The hospital at which I work offered antibody serology tests to all medical staff last Wednesday. The test detects IgG, the immunoglobulin that appears in...
In a post last month, we raised concerns about the unforeseen and underappreciated costs of expanding export controls on U.S. technology. Either those concerns fell on...
