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Deepening Black Sea Crisis Demands US Involvement

Russian strikes on Black Sea shipping are probing NATO’s tolerance for attacks on allies. The US and Europe must reinforce the region.

Washington’s Counter-Mine Wakeup Call

The Islamic Republic of Iran delivered a wakeup call to the U.S. Navy regarding the service’s ability to clear mines. The still-contested Strait of Hormuz demonstrates that mine clearing under fire is...

Shipshow: The world’s waterways are at war

Between the straits: The world cannot afford to yield to Iran

The US and its allies have no alternative but to prove to Iran-backed terror groups that closing straits to influence the global economy and political and operational decisions will not succeed.

US charges engineer with supporting Houthis, Louisiana brothers and Florida man with financing Hamas

Federal authorities in September charged defendants in three cases alleging support for the Houthis and Hamas. The cases accuse a Department of Energy engineer of attempting to aid the Houthis and two...

Elon Musk built the rockets. Washington forgot to build the roads

American rockets are launching more frequently than ever, yet getting a ride to orbit is becoming harder. SpaceX broke the record for the shortest interval between two orbital launches in August, sending...

New Greenland Agreement Adds Sites, Not Strategy. NATO and NORAD Must Now Connect the Arctic.

Greenland is warming to the idea of an increased American military presence on the enormous Island, removing a source of transatlantic friction and bolstering NATO defenses. On September 22, the United...

America Must Be Able to Restore Its Space Power at War Speed

For decades, the U.S. military treated space largely as an enabler of power on Earth. Satellites helped troops communicate, guided precision weapons, and provided intelligence. Today, those systems are...

Can anyone stop the Houthis?

Yemen’s civil war is set to go global

Have We Lost the Iran War?

Has the United States lost the Iran war?  The Iranian regime certainly thinks it has.  The big Iranian funk that came after the 12-Day War in June, which climaxed the Israeli multi-front offensive...

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

More money necessary but not sufficient

10 Ways the U.S. Can Strengthen Deterrence in the Taiwan Strait

Previewing the 2026 UN General Assembly

Modern War Demands a Data-Centric, Cloud-Based Command and Control Architecture

Russia’s war against Ukraine is the first real-world test of how to master a battlefield overwhelmed by data, exposing how quickly modern forces must receive, process, and share information to survive....

In Iran, the New Lineup Is the Same Hardline Regime

The latest reshuffle of Iran’s government looks less like renewal than a game of musical chairs among regime veterans. Islamic Republic Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, whose status and capacity to...

A Bargain Waiting on NATO’s Eastern Edge: Romania

As the United States pulls back from Europe, it is leaving NATO countries like Romania, on the Alliance’s eastern periphery, vulnerable to Russian aggression. Turning to Brussels, unfortunately would...

Securing the Arctic

The U.S. And Its NATO Allies Should Work Together – Not Against Each Other – To Secure the Arctic

The US military is not organized for cyber war

The military has services for land, sea, air and space. It is time to build one for cyberspace.

CENTCOM strikes Iran as Tehran condemns US sanctions waiver revocation

United States Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on July 7 that it had launched an attack wave on targets in Iran “to impose heavy costs” in response to the Islamic Republic’s strikes...

Doling out tough love to European countries should top Trump’s NATO summit agenda

This week’s NATO summit in Ankara arrives at a fraught moment: Even as America and its allies face growing threats from authoritarian powers, differences over Ukraine, Iran, Greenland and US military...