Harry Halem
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Russo-Ukraine War
Is War in Ukraine Inevitable?
As the Ukraine crisis approaches its boiling point, NATO must reckon with Russia's actual incentives. Putin acts primarily not out of a sense of...
China
We Mustn't Cede the Middle East to China
A year into his presidency and Joe Biden is reeling on the foreign-policy front. The Afghanistan debacle, justified as part of a reorientation toward...
Information Warfare
Reacting to Russia's Ukraine Invasion
With the breakdown of U. S.
China
China's Growing Aircraft Carrier Force
According to satellite imagery taken on 23 October, the People’s Liberation Army’s Type-003 aircraft carrier is nearing completion. Between 18...
Indo-Pacific/Asia
Taiwan's Special Operations Forces
The confirmation on 7 October that U. S.
Air Warfare
China Tests Both Taiwan and the U.S.
Since last Friday, 1 October, the Chinese Communist Party has escalated its incursions into Taiwanese airspace. Initially, this coincided with China's...
Maritime Strategy
AUKUS Reverberations
Although thankfully rescinded now, France’s recall of its American ambassador risked transforming the diplomatic row over AUKUS, the newly-formed...
China
Economic and Diplomatic Power is not a Substitute for Military Strength
The current chaos in Washington DC has given U. S.
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
26th MEU – U.S. Needs Crisis Response MAGTF
By Marine Corps Compass Points
The Influence of History on a Sea Power
By CDR Salamander
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
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