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19FortyFive has confirmed that North Korea is near completion of a submarine that is most likely configured to fire a ballistic missile, according to...
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19FortyFive has confirmed that North Korea is near completion of a submarine that is most likely configured to fire a ballistic missile, according to...
The 18th anniversary of the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq came and went last month with little fanfare. Perhaps it’s unsurprising: One does not particularly care...
A common refrain in these pixels is that strategic competition is an armed debate in which debaters—great powers, usually—flourish implements of war in an...
America’s 5th generation, multi-role stealth fighter, the F-35, has continued rolling off the production lines despite the COVID pandemic. That’s been an unheralded – but...
19FortyFive explores the causes and effects, dangers and opportunities of rampant change to the international system. So does this blog. It is 19FortyFive with...
Editor’s Note: This is part two of a two-part series. You can read part one here. If China finally decides to use force to...
Editor’s Note: This is part one of a two-part series. You can read part two here. In recent years there has been an increase...
Every year in October Russia conducts (and usually announces) a major strategic nuclear exercise. This is followed by November meetings in Sochi between President...
Russia believes it can introduce nuclear weapons into a conventional war without taking nuclear fire in return and that such action will result in...
Riddle me this: does a contender intent on overthrowing the international system harbor “limited” or “unlimited” political goals? This may sound like an idle...