Crispin Rovere
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China
U.S. Foreign Policy and the Start of a New Cold War
America’s greatest error was not the Iraq war, calamitous self-inflicted wound though it was. Rather, it was adopting Francis Fukuyama’s now...

North Korea
North Korea: The Ethics of a U.S. Military Strike
As part of a series on North Korea, I have made the strategic case for war to prevent Pyongyang’s development of a nuclear-tipped ICBM, interrogated...

North Korea
North Korea: The Inevitability of War
This July I outlined the case for war against North Korea, contingent on the failure of diplomacy and Kim Jong-Un's continued march towards a...

North Korea
North Korea: Trump's Terrible Binary Choice
It is critical that we understand what North Korea’s test of a thermonuclear device means. North Korea claims that the weapon is miniaturised to fit...

North Korea
North Korea: The Flaws of Deterrence
Response to "The Case for Deterrence" by David Santoro: Moving but not persuasive David Santoro’s advocacy for deterrence over war is an essential...

North Korea
North Korea: The Case for War
This analysis recommends war. It is shocking to put to print.

China
Dear Foreign Policy Elite: You're Obsolete
Rex Tillerson recently completed his first trip to Beijing as Secretary of State. Since then, a slew of critics have panned Tillerson for supposedly...

China
"War with China: Thinking Through the Unthinkable"
Among US analysts, war with China is no longer a taboo subject. RAND Corporation has now tackled the issue head on, publishing a lengthy analysis...

Maritime Strategy
How The U.S. Should Respond in The South China Sea
The Permanent Court of Arbitration's decision places more pressure on the US than China, as Washington must now act to support this emphatic...

China
China, Russia and India: A Budding Alliance against America?
In the continuing debate between Hugh White and Shaskank Joshi regarding US-India strategic cooperation, I would associate myself closely with the...

Iran’s Nuclear and Chemical Weapons Threat
By Ben Ollerenshaw • RealClearDefense
Europe’s Rearmament Paradox
By Daniel Darling • RealClearDefense
Pentagon’s Pursuit of Faster Acquisition
By Ben Harris • RealClearDefense
The Army’s AI Cyber Defenders Need a Proven Stand-Down Order
By Gleb Tsipursky • RealClearDefense
After the Silence
By Chase Skylar DeMayo • RealClearDefense

The First Surface Drone-v-Drone Fight
By CDR Salamander, CDR Salamander
Air Force Strengthens F-22 Raptor Combat Readiness in the Pacific
By Global Defense
After the Silence
By Chase Skylar DeMayo • RealClearDefense
Underwater Arms Race Puts U.S. Naval Supremacy at Risk
By Tom O'Connor, Newsweek
New Facilities To Pump Out Upgraded F/A-18E/F Super Hornets
By Trevithick, WarZone
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