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The pivot toward strict grooming standards reflects a broader 2026 shift in Department of Defense philosophy: the belief that uniformity is a prerequisite for...
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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...
The Ruger GP100 arrived in 1985 as the Security-Six’s successor, built by investment casting with a triple-locking cylinder, and reloading manuals print loads marked...
The Littoral Combat Ship looked good on paper: a fast, shallow-draft hull with swappable mission modules. In practice the Freedom-class gearing destroyed itself at...
Ukraine’s June agreement covers 16 new Saab Gripen E fighters at about $2.5 billion including spares, training, and support. Sweden will donate 16 older...
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...
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...
The pivot toward strict grooming standards reflects a broader 2026 shift in Department of Defense philosophy: the belief that uniformity is a prerequisite for...
The struggle to return the aircraft carrier USS George Washington to the flight line highlights a systemic issue: the U.S. Navy is currently operating...
Could the USS Gerald R. Ford Be Sidelined for A Year Or More? The U.S. Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78),...
The scheduled withdrawal of the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) in June 2026 marks a high-stakes transition for the U.S. Navy. As the aircraft...
Securing a pilot slot through Air Force Officer Training School (OTS) is widely regarded as the most statistically grueling path to the cockpit. In...
