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The Trump administration’s recent unveiling of the Golden Dome, a sweeping missile defense architecture, has invoked swift condemnation from China. In response to the...
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Article Summary: Washington’s proposed 28-point Russia-Ukraine deal—trading Ukrainian territory, NATO aspirations, and war-crimes accountability for a ceasefire and cash—would echo Munich by rewarding aggression,...
Article Summary – Though over 4,000 missiles were fired at the SR-71 Blackbird, the legendary spyplane was never shot down—and only one foreign jet...
Taiwan’s F-16V jets add near–5th-gen sensors and range, but 66 fighters face China’s massive J-20 fleet and missile arsenal. Is that really enough to...
Article Summary – The Seawolf-class was conceived at the height of the Cold War to outclass new, ultra-quiet Soviet Akula and Sierra boats with...
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...
The strain in US-European relations under the second Trump administration stems primarily from a deepening ideological divide, not just policy disputes over trade or...
Since the ill-fated Oval Office meeting between Presidents Trump and Zelensky, the headlines have been dominated by pronouncements about the end of NATO, the...
Article Summary – The B-21 Raider is everything the Air Force wants in a next-generation stealth bomber: smaller, more flexible, easier to sustain, and...
Article Summary – The Lockheed XF-104 Starfighter emerged directly from Korean War combat lessons, after U.S. pilots found their F-86 Sabres outclassed by MiG-15s....
Article Summary – The Iowa-class battleships were the high point of American battleship design, and USS Missouri—“Big Mo”—is their most famous representative. -Commissioned in...
Article Summary – The Iowa-class battleships were the peak of American battleship design—fast, heavily armed, and built to escort carriers and smash shore defenses....
The global financial and technological order is changing rapidly, and the U.S. must be at the center of these changes. As China aggressively pushes...
It is in the DNA of Star Wars to borrow from other genres. Indeed, George Lucas built his science fiction universe around the visual...
Key Points – Canada’s re-evaluation of its 88-unit F-35 fighter deal, driven by political tensions with the US, faces significant practical hurdles if Ottawa...
Germany’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU)—collectively known as the Union—took power after securing the largest block...
Key Points and Summary – Dr. Arkady Moshes argues that Russia’s war in Ukraine has exposed a glaring reality: Moscow has neither a viable...
In October 2024, Iran threatened to abandon the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and pursue a nuclear weapon if attacked by Israel. If history and...
In the wake of Israel’s first rounds of its preemptive military strike on Iran’s nuclear program, aptly named “Operation Rising Lion,” commentators rushed to...
Europe’s increasingly stodgy and intolerant political establishment continues to celebrate an unexpected electoral triumph in Romania. It was a badly needed victory for the...
Summary and Key Points: –North Korea‘s deployment of 15,000 troops to support Russia in Ukraine offers critical battlefield experience that could significantly enhance its...
Summary and Key Points: North Korea has faced catastrophic losses among its troops fighting alongside Russia in Ukraine, with nearly 50 percent casualties reported....
North Korea and the Change Question: More than two decades ago, a defense and foreign affairs writer could visit China and not be constantly...
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is meeting with important allies during his Indo-Pacific trip, with one notable exception: South Korea, at a time of...
The Trump administration’s recent unveiling of the Golden Dome, a sweeping missile defense architecture, has invoked swift condemnation from China. In response to the...
The Sukhoi Su-34 Fullback: Anatomy of Russia’s Fighter-Bomber Introduction – A Cold War Platypus in a 21st Century World The Sukhoi Su-34, known to...
Key Points and Summary – The US Air Force’s B-2 Spirit stealth bomber proved its enduring value in “Operation Midnight Hammer,” a 36-hour, non-stop...
The Su-35S Flanker-E: Russia’s Apex Predator of the 4th Generation The Sukhoi Su-35S, designated “Flanker-E” by NATO, represents the zenith of conventional 4th-generation fighter...
Key Points and Summary – The United States must accelerate production of the B-21 Raider stealth bomber by opening a second production facility and...
