United States Navy

August 18, 2026 | Jessica Ho, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery

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....

August 12, 2026 | Janatan Sayeh |

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...

August 12, 2026 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Antonia-Laura Pup

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...

July 31, 2026 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Emmerson Overell

Securing the Arctic

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

July 8, 2026 | Erica Lonergan, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery

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.

July 7, 2026 | Janatan Sayeh |

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...

July 5, 2026 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, John Hardie

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...

July 2, 2026 | Jason Hsu, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery

The long shadow of delay

U.S.-Taiwan arms delivery backlogs and the future of deterrence

June 22, 2026 | Daniel Swift |

China’s Malacca panic jails US scholar to appease Myanmar

Min Zin’s wrongful detention—timed with Myanmar coup-maker’s state visit—is a warning to every American traveling or working in China

June 18, 2026 | Daniel Swift |

China’s Chokepoint Problem: Why Beijing Is Welcoming a Leader Nobody Likes

No one likes Min Aung Hlaing. Nevertheless, the leader of Myanmar’s military government kicked off a five-day state visit in China on June 16, seeking legitimacy after a sham election that few inside...

June 18, 2026 | Nathan Picarsic |

Rowing in the Same Direction

The Need for and Risks of Allied Contributions to Reindustrialization

June 17, 2026 | Mark Dubowitz, Miad Maleki

Iran deal tosses a tremendous cash lifeline to terrorist regime

The Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and Iran hands the terrorist regime the one victory it could never have achieved on the battlefield. Financial reprieve. What is so disconcerting...

June 16, 2026 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Trading Away Lebanon: Washington’s Bargains at Beirut’s Expense

For the fifth time since 1958, the U.S. has placed Lebanon on the bargaining table, this time ready to sacrifice the country’s interests in pursuit of a deal with Iran.

June 4, 2026 | Reuel Marc Gerecht, Ray Takeyh

The U.S. Needs Its Mideast Bases

If America won’t finish the job in Iran, leaving the Gulf Arab states would turn a failure into a rout.

June 3, 2026 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery |

The Taiwanese and U.S. Militaries Can’t Really Fight Together

A joint campaign to defend the island would struggle to operate effectively.

May 29, 2026 | Mark Dubowitz |

Iran Thinks It Can Still Pull Off One Last Trick

Trump Has Iran on the ropes. Now he must resist the bad deal.

May 26, 2026 | Eric S. Edelman, Reuel Marc Gerecht, Ray Takeyh

Iran’s New ‘Nuclear’ Weapon

What happens if the U.S. declines to fight for the Strait of Hormuz.

May 26, 2026 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, John Hardie

Ukraine now has the ‘cards,’ the US must force Putin to make concessions

Ukraine is proving it holds more “cards” than some assumed, thwarting Russia’s battlefield advances while pounding its infrastructure. Vladimir Putin is visibly under stress to end the war. Yet...

May 13, 2026 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery |

Taiwan is a ‘model ally,’ not trade bait

Trading the island’s security for rhetoric from Beijing would be a strategic blunder of historic proportions.

May 13, 2026 | Clifford D. May |

Mr. President, here’s your next Iran speech 

With a final offer – and a final warning – to Tehran