Pyongyang

Russian security assistance is creating problems on the Korean Peninsula

In a unique episode of father-daughter bonding, Kim Jong Un and his teenage daughter, Kim Ju Ae, observed a ballistic missile test on April 19 in which North Korea launched five missiles with...

What would Thomas Jefferson do?  

America’s third president understood that jihadis don’t make good deals

Iran’s Support for Russia and Lessons Learned from Ukraine

The U.S. military can clear mines but not minds

Though Tehran’s capabilities are being degraded, its theology persists

Know thine enemy

The “great, proud people of Iran” are not among them

The case for wars of choice 

The alternative is wars with our backs against the wall

A battle to make America great again

Guess who that’s making angry

U.S. B-2 Bombers Strike Iran as Israel Claims Air Superiority Over Tehran Skies

B-2 Strikes and Iranian Navy Struck: U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on March 1 that the U.S. Air Force launched strikes against Iran utilizing B-2 Spirit stealth bombers....

Allies, Adversaries, and the Axis

U.S. Sees Korea as Potential Key To Supporting Taiwan

It looks like the United States Forces Korea (USFK) are getting a new mission without being relieved of any of their old responsibilities. On January 4, Nikkei Asia reported comments by the USFK commander...

All about Trump’s revised National Security Strategy

The good, the bad, and the conspicuously absent

China Keeps the Axis of Aggressors Afloat With Oil Imports

Beijing continues to import oil from key U.S. adversaries. According to TankerTrackers, China imported 8.31 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil in October, only slightly lower than its September...

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...

North Korea’s Cybercrime Threat Is Growing in Both Size and Sophistication

North Korean hackers have stolen more than $3 billion in the past three years, the U.S. Treasury Department announced on November 4. The department issued sanctions on two North Korean individuals based...

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,...

Letter to the POTUS

Careful, Sir, Putin wants to out-negotiate you like Stalin out-negotiated Roosevelt  

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...

Northern exposure

The Alaska summit revealed Putin’s neo-Soviet goals

Donald Trump Set a Nuclear Precedent. Now He Must Enforce It

Stopping nuclear proliferation in the Middle East will require a consistent policy, not just sporadic interventions.