Build Around the Blackmail
A Strategy to Break Iran's Hormuz Leverage Iran's chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz is not …
A Strategy to Break Iran's Hormuz Leverage Iran's chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz is not …
Introduction Russia’s relations with post‑Soviet states shape the strategic environment across East…
American sea power has always rested on a paradox: the Navy is the visible instrument of national s…
On Friday, July 31, 2026, Lieutenant Commander James M. Ennes, Jr., U.S. Navy, ret., slipped his ca…
On July 17, an Iranian missile strike killed three U.S. servicemembers at the Muwaffaq Salti Air Ba…
As confidence in America wanes, Europeans and Israelis turn to each other for defense technology an…
Beijing can apply pressure continuously. Democracies must turn episodic promises into routines that…
Historically, great powers have showcased a propensity to fight large-scale conventional conflicts.…
Returning Martian material safely is only half the job; showing the world it was done safely is the…
At an Arctic Council meeting in Rovaniemi, Finland, in May 2019, Mike Pompeo asked whether the worl…
The Islamic Republic’s pursuit of nuclear weapons and long-range ballistic missiles is not a bargai…
American pundits love a simple story. Squeeze the Iranian elites hard enough with sanctions, blocka…
Washington’s argument about Greenland has narrowed to familiar points: critical minerals, Arctic se…
As Washington broadens its campaign from Iranian military and security targets to the country’s eco…
Donald Trump has done more than any other 21st century U.S. president to “pivot” to Asia and the we…
The Pentagon’s Joint Interagency Task Force 401 (JIATF-401) recently published Counter-UAS Operatio…
My oldest son was commissioned out of West Point and is now a Second Lieutenant working on the UH-6…
The first political prisoner I ever knew was my father. He spent nearly three decades behind bars b…
Introduction The Legislative Yuan’s (LY) deep cuts to a special defense budget passed on May 8 has …
The debate over U.S. autonomous weapons policy is dominated by concerns over moving too fast. Detra…
“Defense spending is out of control … a bottomless pit of need with no design and little assessment…
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The U.S. Marine Corps says the pilot of an F-35B stealth fighter is expected to li…
Lawmakers must address permanent magnet manufacturing challenges with equal importance as rare eart…
In late February 2026, the United States and Israel launched a sustained air campaign against Iran …