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NATO’s Defense Math Does Not Add Up

Christophe Bosquillon0 Comments

The United States is by far the largest contributor to North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) operations. According to NATO estimates published in June 2024, the United States will spend $967.7 billion on defense in…

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Modernizing Civil Defense Is Wise

Joe Buff0 Comments

America waged a Cold War against a nuclear-armed Marxist-Leninist state for four decades. The US government took a number of civil defense measures to protect the American people. These included:…

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Why Military Presses Matter

Adam Lowther & Laura M. Thurston Goodroe0 Comments

On a 2015 official visit to the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) National University of Defense Technology in Changsha, China, I (Adam) was talking with a senior PLA colonel about Chinese…

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The Return of Battlefield Nuclear Weapons

Adam Lowther15 Comments

The United States’ and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) continued support for Ukraine’s valiant fight to repel a Russian invasion may, ultimately, depending on the state of the conflict,…

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It’s 1938, not 1968

Stephen Cimbala4 Comments

The presidential campaign is heading into its climactic final months. Pundits and politicians are inevitably drawing analogies between present and past events in domestic politics and foreign policy. This year,…

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Generative Artificial Intelligence and Deterrence Stability between India and Pakistan

Anum A. Khan0 Comments

Imagine a scene. It is the Indian military command center on the night of May 28, 2028. A high-ranking Indian military officer sends a message to a subordinate commander; Pakistan…

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You Think the Ukraine War Was Bad? Imagine a Rogue Russia

Amit Gupta0 Comments

President Lyndon Baines Johnson once famously said he gave J. Edgar Hoover the directorship of the FBI for life because “[i]t was better to have him in the tent pissing…

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India’s MIRV Development – A Latent Counter-space Capability

Maryyum Masood0 Comments

In March 2024, India conducted a test of its multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicle (MIRV) capability by placing miniaturized warheads onto its Agni-V intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which has a…

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Our Delusional Presidential Campaigns

Stephen Blank1 Comment

To date, both presidential campaigns have mostly evaded any serious discussion of the real issues challenging the United States. When they have discussed them, they have interspersed potentially serious ideas…

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Russia’s Arctic Ocean Monopoly

Daniel Wasserman0 Comments

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said about the Arctic Circle, “It has been absolutely clear for everyone for a long time that this is our territory.” He added, “This is…

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Iran’s 1953 Coup that Wasn’t

Peter Huessy & Joe Buff0 Comments

In August 1953, the Shah of Iran removed his prime minister, Mohamad Mosaddeq, from his office. The prime minister, who served at the pleasure of the Shah, was in the…