Lynne O'Donnell
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China
Beijing Arrived Late to a War It Cannot End
China cast itself as mediator between Pakistan and the Taliban – and has found the role beyond it. Beijing has cast itself as a mediator between...
Critical Minerals
Afghanistan Surrending Its Mineral Wealth to China
Afghanistan is exporting critical minerals at the bottom of the value chain, handing China processing, pricing and leverage. Afghanistan is giving...
Military Strategy
After Obama's Green Light, Afghan Forces On the Offensive
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — After two years of heavy casualties, the Afghan military is trying to retake the initiative in the war against militants...
Terrorism
Hopes for Peace Dim with New Taliban Leader
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan's government has offered the new Taliban leader a choice: make peace or face the same fate as his predecessor,...
Terrorism
Afghan Taliban Announces Spring Offensive
The Taliban announced the start of their warm-weather fighting season on Tuesday, vowing "large-scale attacks" in the 15th year of their war against...
Land (Conventional Warfare)
British Troops Deploy to Afghan Province Amid Taliban Battle
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — When Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani took office, he ushered in a period of hope for the country's traumatized and...
Terrorism
Afghan Peace Talks at Risk Amidst Taliban Split
The brother of the late figurehead of the Afghan Taliban on Sunday joined a growing challenge to the extremist group's newly appointed leader, even as...
Iranian Cyber Operations
By Michael Groen • RealClearDefense
Reflecting on an Epic Horse Campaign in the Mountains of Afghanistan
By Brian Glyn Williams • RealClearDefense
The Godfather of American Foreign Policy Realism Speaks to Today’s World
By Francis P. Sempa • RealClearDefense
In Pursuit of Nuclear Abolition
By Peter Huessy • RealClearDefense
Innovation Alone Won’t Prepare the U.S. for the Future Battlefield
By Joshua Segal • RealClearDefense
Navy Civilianizes Six Former Flag Billets, Reduces Six to Captains
By Mongilio, USNI N.
Raytheon's $8B Contract for Strategic Comms Terminal Modernization
By M+A El
America’s Maritime Moment Will Not Wait
By CDR Salamander
Armor Up?
By Marine Corps Compass Points
Who Shoots Down the Drone Over the Shipyard?
By John Ferrari & Dillon Prochnicki • RealClearDefense
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