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Two weeks after Election Day, the election continues. After successfully demanding a recount of the votes in Georgia (where the initial tally showed him...
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American analysts keep mirror-imaging China's J-20 as a rival dogfighter to the F-22. That's the wrong lens. The Mighty Dragon is evolving into a...
Chinese military analysts believe the J-35 stealth fighter may be able to carry four YJ-15 supersonic anti-ship missiles internally — hidden, with no radar-signature...
Amid U.S.-China competition, Australia has proven to be a strong U.S. ally and, frequently, a thorn in China’s side. While Australia continues to demonstrate...
Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Navy’s latest shipbuilding plan would retire 46 ships from 2027 to 2031 — including 2 aircraft carriers, 10...
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...
America's F-47 sixth-generation fighter nearly died in 2024 over a $300-million-per-jet price tag. Now Boeing is building the first one in St. Louis against...
THAAD failed six consecutive intercept tests in the 1990s and became shorthand for missile-defense fantasy. Then it went 16-for-16 — and now it's stopping...
France's nuclear carrier took twelve years to build, lost her propeller in the Atlantic, and sailed six years on spares made for 1960s ships....
Macron named Europe's biggest-ever warship after de Gaulle's Free France and approved €10 billion to build her. The sovereignty and deterrence case is real...
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...
Summary and Key Points: At the 1985 Geneva Summit, President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev issued a joint statement declaring that a...
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...
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...
Two weeks after Election Day, the election continues. After successfully demanding a recount of the votes in Georgia (where the initial tally showed him...
We had a chance to chat with Gordon Chang, author of the book The Coming Collapse of China, on what he thinks the incoming...
As Joe Biden prepares to take up residence in the White House, one issue towers above all others in his public communications: the coronavirus....
China-focused defense experts are buzzing around the news that China used its much-analyzed DF-21D and DF-26B anti-ship missiles (aka the ‘carrier-killer‘ missiles) to hit...
Editor’s Note from Harry J. Kazianis: What will Joe Biden do when it comes to U.S. naval strategy come January 20? For such a...
