Lieutenant general

Strait Lines

Strait Lines

Axis of Aggressors

Findings of the Commission on Cyber Force Generation

Implementing Cybercom 2.0 Should Not Postpone Establishing a Cyber Force

The Cybercom 2.0 initiative to improve cyber force generation does not preclude establishing a Cyber Force—it can lay the groundwork for one.

Allies, Adversaries, and the Axis

Zelenskyy Proposes Joint Air Defense Shield After Russian Incursions Into NATO Airspace

‘Fully Reliable Shield’: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy proposed building a joint air defense network with Ukraine’s European allies amidst Russian incursions into...

Trump Threatens Severe Tariffs on Russia as U.S. Agrees To Make Critical Weapons Available to Ukraine Through NATO Allies

Trump Confronts Putin With Deadline: President Donald Trump gave Russian President Vladimir Putin 50 days to end the war in Ukraine or else face “very severe” secondary tariffs...

‘NATO Is Paying For Those Weapons’: U.S. To Send Weapons to Ukraine Through NATO

Latest Developments Deal Struck for Weapons: President Donald Trump said on July 10 that the United States struck a deal with NATO to deliver U.S. weapons to Ukraine through the military alliance,...

Axis of Aggressors: H.R. McMaster on Defending America’s Interests

The members of this “axis of aggressors” are united in their determination to undermine the United States and counter its core interests. Though their methods may vary, these adversaries share a desire to sow chaos, erode the rule of law, and weaken the United States and its allies. To discuss the situations in Middle East, the Pacific, and Ukraine, as well as the path forward, FDD’s Center on Military and Political Power (CMPP) hosts CMPP Chairman LTG (Ret.) H.R. McMaster, a 34-year-veteran of the U.S. Army and a former U.S. National Security Advisor, in conversation with CMPP Senior Director Bradley Bowman.

U.S. Deploys F-22s to Syria to Deter ‘Unprofessional Behavior’ by Russia

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on June 14 the deployment of advanced fighter jets, F-22 Raptors, to the Middle East to deter dangerous and provocative behavior by Russian aircraft in the...

Israeli Defense Minister: Israel Can Defend Against Iran’s Alleged Hypersonic Missile

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said on June 6 that Israel had ways to counter the alleged hypersonic missile unveiled by Iran earlier that day. “I hear our enemies boasting about weapons they...

China’s global supremacists

The Communists in Beijing have grand ambitions

Halevi Takes Charge of IDF With An Eye on Iran and Domestic Politics

Maj. Gen. Herzi Halevi assumed command of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Monday, bringing both command experience and an intelligence analyst's caution to a role likely to be tested on multiple fronts against both the regime in Iran and those trying to thrust the IDF into domestic politics.

Netanyahu Signals Israel Will Press Syria Strikes

Latest Developments Syria said Israel attacked Damascus International Airport today, briefly putting the site out of service. According to preliminary media reports, the target was a position run by the...

Worth Preserving: US Military Posture in Germany

Any adjustments to U.S. force posture in Europe should focus first and foremost on sustaining or strengthening readiness.

Protection from China’s Comprehensive National Power Requires Comprehensive National Defense

Those trying to describe China’s strategy often invoke the two-thousand-five-hundred-year-old Art of War. But some more recent sources might be helpful as well – in particular documents looking at...

Lieutenant General (Ret.) Edward C. Cardon Named to Board of Advisors of FDD’s Center on Military and Political Power

(Washington, D.C., March 29, 2019) – Lieutenant General (retired) Edward C. Cardon has joined the Board of Advisors for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ (FDD) Center on Military and Poli...