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Hermit Kingdom

The Biden team believes it can shame North Korea into being a responsible actor. But Kim cares not about international prestige but about survival,...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

A process of high-speed evolution is taking place in Ukraine as new, agile technology erases older lumbering hardware. This is getting played out quite...

The Embassy

Ukraine Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba recently delivered an unusually blunt criticism of Western analysts. Those who have argued Ukraine’s summer offensive has been “too...

The Embassy

What the North Koreans will most likely want from the Russians is much more than just technical assistance.

Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat

Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat - 19FortyFive

Endorsed! This month over at the Naval Institute Proceedings, coastguardsman Steve Hulse urges the U.S. Navy to procure a flotilla of Sentinel-class fast response cutters...

Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat - 19FortyFive

The odds still favor Russia, both by Moltkean logic and by virtue of Russia’s massive demographic, economic, and military preponderance over Ukraine. But combatants...

Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat - 19FortyFive

There’s already some evidence that using littoral combat ships in this manner yields strategic advantage in the gray zone.

Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat - 19FortyFive

Reality has set in on both sides of the Pacific with respect to Communist China. The Philippine Star is reporting that joint U.S.-Philippine coast...

Smart Bombs

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

The nuclear mission of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is a legacy of the Cold War as currently postured. Weapons are stored in Belgium,...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

When the M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks (MBTs) roll into action in Ukraine later this month, the tank crews will not only have one...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

This week, Israel’s Defense Ministry submitted an official request to the U.S. military’s Joint Program Office to purchase a third squadron of F-35 fighters....

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

The B-21 Raider has one mission: to win a great-power war. That means conflict with Russia or China. 

Trillions

Trillions - 19FortyFive

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), under the leadership of Lina Khan, has essentially gone to war against U.S. big tech. In the center of...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

Joe Biden might be looking to hitch his re-election bid on “Bidenomics”; however, some Democratic members of Congress in swing districts are not feeling...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

U.S. oil output is projected to rise to an average of 12.8 million barrels per day this year, the first time ever. Should we...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

U.S. oil production is forecast to average an all-time high of 12.8 million barrels a day this year and keep growing to 13.1 million...

The Embassy

The Embassy

Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un could meet next week, The New York Times reported on Monday. North Korea...

The Embassy

Today, Putin meets Kim Jong Un virtually hat in hand, begging for the shells and equipment that the Soviet Union originally licensed for North...

The Embassy

If both Zelensky and Putin decide to continue fighting, there is no rational basis to suggest Ukraine can come out on top.

The Embassy

Israel in August secured the most substantial foreign military sale in its history when it sold its Arrow-3 air defense system. The customer was...

Coronavirus

Coronavirus Chaos

There has been just enough distance and peace from COVID-19 restrictions and paranoia to let the horrible memories of those terrible two years fade...

Coronavirus Chaos

Kirillov didn't just suggest that the United States was responsible for the Covid-19 pandemic but also claimed that the Office of Pandemic Preparedness and...

Coronavirus Chaos

For much of this year, it looked like the COVID-19 pandemic was finally over. But in recent weeks, there have been signs of a...

Coronavirus Chaos

New documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request suggest that the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic was indeed the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Ben Hu,...

Politics News

Politics

The 2024 presidential election may be decided by who’s the least unpopular, rather than the most popular, given the current polls. For President Joe...

Politics

An advocacy group called the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), which is based in Washington, filed a lawsuit to keep Trump’s...

Politics

The right flank of the House GOP caucus has been pressuring the House leadership to push an impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden. It...

Politics

Joe Biden appeared to wander off during a Medal of Honor ceremony honoring Vietnam a veteran for heroism during that war in the 1960s....

Hermit Kingdom

Hermit Kingdom

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will reportedly travel to Vladivostok this month to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin. The pair appears to be...

Hermit Kingdom

The North Korean navy has grown even more dangerous over the last few years, creating more problems for the U.S. in the Indo-Pacific region.

Hermit Kingdom

We are thus witnessing a new type of relationship between North Korea and Russia. Moscow provides resources and foodstuffs badly needed in North Korea,...

Hermit Kingdom

North Korea and Russia are reportedly taking steps to secure a joint arms deal. The U.S. and other North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries...