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Mike Waltz gave up a safe Congressional seat in Florida to serve as the Trump Administration’s national security adviser. In the first Trump presidency,...
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B-21 Raider: America’s Most Advanced Bomber Has a 1950s Achilles’ Heel: Look at the photograph the Air Force dropped this week. Not at the...
Iran Opened the Strait to Make Payroll. Not to Make Peace.
Oil crashed 13% on Friday after Iran announced the Strait of Hormuz was ‘open for business.’ But ships still need Iranian permission to transit,...
Oil Just Crashed 13%. The Strait of Hormuz Reopened. But Iran Set a Condition. What Happens Next?
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...
As China’s fifth-generation airpower continues to grow, the United States is once again trying to understand an adversary aircraft it has never seen in...
Canada will integrate the AIM-120D-3 missile into its CF-18 fleet. The timing coincides with Canada’s transition to a new fleet, presumably of F-35s, and...
What We Know: Leaked production documents from Russia’s Kazan Aviation Plant show seven Tu-160 “White Swan” strategic bombers in the current backlog, along with...
Russia would like you to believe that its Su-57 fighter is the world’s leading stealth fighter. Sporting two large, high-output engines, a canted V-tail,...
The U.S. Air Force is facing a pilot retention crisis that has left roughly 1,800 pilot positions open, while commercial airlines hire 7,600 military-trained...
In 2012, the UAE’s Abu Dhabi Crude Oil Pipeline went operational — 236 miles of steel moving 1.5 million barrels per day, completely clear...
Archaeologists working with Dicle University have identified a surprisingly well-preserved settlement dating back approximately 2,400 years beneath Dicle Dam Lake in southeastern Turkey. The...
India is not currently in talks to acquire the F-35, but the question of whether it should buy the aircraft has only grown more...
Three and a half months after Operation Absolute Resolve captured Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, Caribbean air travel is finally returning to normal — Puerto...
In 1967, Israel defeated Egypt in Just Six Days. Could Israel do the Same with Turkey? – Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser made no...
House Democrats have introduced articles of impeachment against Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. The effort, led by Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ) and Rep. John...
Mental Health and Psychological Stress In The On-Again, Off-Again Campaign Against Iran: US military warfighters facing the threats associated with combat operations over Iran...
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...
Mike Waltz gave up a safe Congressional seat in Florida to serve as the Trump Administration’s national security adviser. In the first Trump presidency,...
Summary and Key Points: The U.S. defense industry’s overly cautious business culture is significantly hindering innovation and eroding competitiveness against China. -Lockheed Martin’s Brian...
Summary and Key Points: The Boeing X-32 was Boeing’s entry into the U.S. Department of Defense’s Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) competition, designed to replace...
Summary and Key Points: The USS Nimitz, scheduled for retirement in 2026, could instead have its service life extended another 5 to 10 years,...
I stood in the room when the Ottawa Treaty was signed. As a Doctoral Fellow working with Canada’s then-Department of Foreign Affairs and International...
