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Iran War

Iran

May 26, 2026

Why Liberal Democracies Should Defeat Totalitarian Iran

When the Peoples Republic of China was admitted into the WTO in 2001, the world (wishfully) stopped reminding itself of a social science fact:...

James Van de Velde • RealClearDefense

Cyber Warfare

June 4, 2025

Japan and Cyberspace Exist in an Existential Clash

Prevailing Japanese interpretations of its pacifist constitution and cyberspace exist in an existential clash. They are incompatible, given current...

James Van de Velde • RealClearDefense

Cyber Warfare

March 27, 2025

Improving Japan's Cyber Defense

The Japanese Cabinet’s February 7 proposal to the Diet to allow National Police and Self-Defense Forces to neuter adversary cyberspace code targeting...

James Van de Velde • RealClearDefense
IRN-NUCLEAR

Iran

March 11, 2025

Iran Nuke Debate Is Another Narrative Collapse

The debate about ‘when and if’ Iran might develop a nuclear weapon is a series of misleading narratives. The issue is much simpler than the Biden...

James Van de Velde • RealClearDefense
Missile Defense Test

Uncategorized

October 23, 2024

Japan's Inevitable Independent Nuclear Deterrent

Japan’s (Inevitable, But Unlikely Anytime Soon) Independent Nuclear Dissuasion Force In response to the current unprecedented Chinese nuclear weapons...

James Van de Velde • RealClearDefense
NATO Summit Biden

Russo-Ukraine War

February 1, 2024

U.S. Support for Ukraine Lacks Intellectual Rigor

From left, Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron, Japan's Prime Minster Fumio Kishida,...

James Van de Velde • RealClearDefense
Biden

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December 5, 2020

How Biden Can Advance Unity in U.S. Foreign Policy

The new Biden administration, if it is serious about unity, should admit why it was and was not elected. It certainly was not elected by the majority...

James Van de Velde • RealClearDefense

Cyber Warfare

September 16, 2020

The Top Ten Statements Regarding Jihadist Use of Cyberspace

10. The internet has helped terrorists more than it has hurt them.

James Van de Velde • RealClearDefense

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