Daniel Darling
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U.S. Air Force
India's Next Fighter?
To observers of India's defense environment, the country's procurement process is a deeply bureaucratized labyrinth of incompetence and...

Indo-Pacific/Asia
India's Puzzling MiG Deal With Malaysia
Some defense agreements make strategic sense from a long-term view, and some make sense from an immediate stop-gap perspective. Then there are others...

Military Strategy
Sweden Confronts Strategic Reality With Return of Conscription
Sweden's governing class has taken a slow, ponderous route toward its present geopolitical reality. Prodded along on each step of its journey by a...

Indo-Pacific/Asia
The Indian Ocean: Emerging Great Power Competition
As the global nexus of power continues shifting from West to East, so too do intermingling pressures evoking the savage conflicts of the previous...

Military Strategy
Sweden's Re-militarization of Gotland is Both Symbolic and Strategic
Sometimes it takes just a small step to leave a big imprint. For Sweden, the forward positioning of troops to the Baltic Sea island of Gotland marks...

Indo-Pacific/Asia
Is the SCO Emerging as Eastern Counterweight to NATO?
As tensions between Russia and NATO continue to percolate along Europe's eastern periphery, another development has quietly emerged along the vast...

Defense Budget
Questions as Australia's Latest Defense Figures Unveiled
As it prepared to unveil its latest budget on May 12, the center-right Coalition government under the stewardship of Prime Minister Tony Abbott faced...

U.S. Air Force
If at First You Don't Succeed: Switzerland Plans Re-launch of F-5 Tiger Fighter Replacement Program
Almost one year after Swiss voters rejected a proposal to purchase 22 Swedish-built Gripen E combat aircraft to replace the Swiss Air Force's aging...

Military Strategy
Poland Makes a Surprise Helicopter Choice
The news on April 21 that Poland had selected the Airbus Helicopters H225M Caracal as its preferred military utility helicopter platform came as a bit...

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
The Persistent Dream of an EU Army
It is an idea that filters through European bureaucratic circles at regular intervals – one with a scant chance of coming to fruition. Yet the dream...

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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