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South Korea’s Cyber Response Options Beyond the Peninsula

Introduction Since 2015, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) cyber operations have evolved into one of the fastest growing and most consequential asymmetric threats in the Indo-Pacific....

Previewing the Trump-Xi Summit 

Arming the U.S. military for the new cold war

More money necessary but not sufficient

Stalled in Ukraine, Putin may try to break NATO

Dwight Eisenhower is said to have counseled that if a problem can’t be solved, you should enlarge it.  Is Vladimir Putin now applying that maxim perversely? I’ll bet you a ruble the CIA...

Washington Should Not Reduce Military Exercises With South Korea

President Donald Trump ordered the Department of Defense to “substantially reduce” military exercises between the U.S. and South Korean militaries on Sunday. These regularly occurring combined exercises...

China, Russia, Iran, North Korea: Inside the Axis of Aggressors, Part 2

The Axis of Aggressors vs. America

During the Cold War, the U.S. had only one major enemy – now we have four

Zelensky Warns of Another North Korean Troop Deployment to Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Moscow wants around 30,000 more North Korean troops, and they could soon arrive in Russia. These troops will almost certainly support Putin’s war effort...

The Rise of North Korea’s Nuclear-Armed Navy

North Korea has modified its hierarchy of defense priorities by elevating the importance of the KPAN.

Kim Pushes for Faster North Korean Defense Buildup With Russia’s Help

Kim Jong Un is interested in “overtaking the world,” according to his speech at the Second Plenum of the Ninth Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, which was held from June...

Distrust and verify  

The Beijing summit was pageantry; Xi’s ambitions are not

The Broken Promise of the Panama Papers, Ten Years On

The scandal thrust financial secrecy into the spotlight. Why is dirty money still such a big problem?

Pro-Iranian X Accounts Posing as Chinese, Russian, and North Korean

Iran has some imaginary friends. The United States and Israel are grinding down Iran’s war machine while Tehran’s fellow travelers, China, Russia, and North Korea, have largely limited their support...

Trump Could End the War Tomorrow. I Don’t Think He Will.

Energy markets breathed a sigh of relief on Monday after President Donald Trump suggested he could declare victory over Iran at any time. “I think the war is very complete, pretty much,” he told...

All about Trump’s revised National Security Strategy

The good, the bad, and the conspicuously absent

North Korean workers to make Russian drones, Ukrainian intel says

In addition to supplying munitions and troops to aid Russia’s war effort, North Korea is now providing thousands of workers to help Russia produce long-range one-way attack drones, Ukrainian military...

Hegseth Visits Vietnam Looking To Pull Hanoi Away From Russia and North Korea

Fifty years after the end of America’s war in Vietnam, Washington has returned with a long wish list for Hanoi. On November 3, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth concluded his two-day visit to Vietnam,...

Learning the Right Lessons From ‘A House of Dynamite’

Within three days of its debut on Netflix, “A House of Dynamite” rocketed to the top of the streaming service’s charts, with more than 22 million views. In the film, a nuclear-armed ballistic missile,...

North Korean Military Parade Showcases Enhanced Weaponry and Ties With China and Russia

When North Korea’s neighbors paid a visit to Pyongyang on October 10, Kim Jong-Un treated them to a tightly orchestrated spectacle. Guests, including Chinese Premier Li Qiang, former Russian President...