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Former Army officer Dr. Brent Eastwood examines the tragic end of the F-15E Strike Eagle’s 104-0 record. During 2026's Operation Epic Fury, three F-15Es...
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Dr. Robert Kelly, a professor of international relations at Pusan National University, argues the separation of powers in American foreign policy has nearly collapsed,...
Dr. Robert Farley argues a renewed US-Israeli air campaign against Iran awaits only the midterm elections, citing a New York Times report of personnel...
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...
American-flagged vessels account for less than 0.3 percent of the shipping carrying U.S. trade, and the country graduates several hundred naval architects a year...
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...
German Foreign Minister Wadephul's fourth Kyiv visit — two days before Ukraine's Independence Day — capped an accelerating shift: Berlin is becoming Ukraine's principal...
A 2024 satellite photo of China’s Shenlong spaceplane, payload doors open in orbit, surfaced in the Defense Intelligence Agency’s Challenges to Security in Space...
Glock stopped shipping most of its Gen 3, Gen 4, and Gen 5 pistols on November 30, 2025, under pressure from “switch” lawsuits and...
Asked who wins a dogfight between an F-117 Nighthawk and a WWII P-51 Mustang, former Navy EA-18G Growler pilot Adam Daymude picks the Mustang,...
Iran is the F-14 Tomcat’s sole operator. The Shah took delivery of 79 to counter Iraq’s MiG-25s, and in the Iran-Iraq War Tehran claimed...
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...
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...
Dr. Robert Kelly argues that Donald Trump’s second term is alienating allies as no president has since 1945: refusing Saudi Arabia’s request to strike...
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...
Former Army officer Dr. Brent Eastwood examines the tragic end of the F-15E Strike Eagle’s 104-0 record. During 2026's Operation Epic Fury, three F-15Es...
Isaac Seitz examines the profound influence of Sun Tzu’s The Art of War on modern military strategy. From Mao Zedong’s insurgencies to contemporary NATO...
National security journalist Stephen Silver breaks down the first instance of a U.S. F-35A being hit by enemy fire during the 2026 Iran campaign....
Christian D. Orr explores the storied legacy of the Essex-class aircraft carriers, the most numerous class of capital ships in the 20th century. Known...
The 5.5-Year Overhaul: Why Aircraft Carrier USS John C. Stennis is Sidelined Until 2027 The prolonged overhaul of the USS John C. Stennis is...
