Benjamin Giltner
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Iran
Getting Deterrence and Diplomacy Right
The war in Iran continues. Diesel prices rise .
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In Dispraise of Nuclear Folly
As the world honored the 81st anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Pentagon officials clamored for ways to make the use of...
China
No to U.S. Nuclear Superiority
What’s old is new again. This can be said for nuclear weapons in world politics.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Europe's Nuclear Shortcut Would Be a Strategic Mistake
The Trump administration’s release of the 2026 National Defense Strategy clarifies what European leaders have long suspected but perhaps preferred to...
Russo-Ukraine War
The Difficulty of Decisive Victory in Ukraine
Once again, Ukraine is on the attack, launching a counter-offensive in Russia’s Kursk region —an all too familiar battlefield for the World War II...
Defense Budget
A Third Continental Missile Interceptor Site?
Recently, the House of Representatives approved a bill for the Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), with the bill allocating a...
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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