Kevin R. James
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Sea (Maritime, Naval Operations)
Diego Garcia: What Would Teddy Roosevelt Do?
The current U. K.

Military Strategy
The Road to Victory Meets the Dysfunctional IHL Permit Process
Building a road to military victory is a complex multistep endeavor that is in many ways analogous to building a high-speed rail link between two...

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America First in a Nuclear World
Struggles between hostile nuclear powers end with nuclear war unless regime change that eliminates the hostility happens first. The U.

Russo-Ukraine War
Russia, Ukraine, and the U.S.: The Monster Is In The House
It is self-evidently true that the United States must act as the “champion and vindicator” of her own liberty even if one supposes that John Quincy...

Land (Conventional Warfare)
India And Pakistan: Making the Stability/Instability Paradox Go One Way
Exploiting Kashmiri disaffection and the transnational jihadist movement, Pakistan is waging a deadly guerrilla war against India in Kashmir. Usually,...

North Korea
North Korea: Deterrence Roulette or Preventive War?
North Korea is a hostile power dashing to acquire the capability to launch a devastating nuclear attack upon the U. S..

North Korea
North Korea: There Is No Such Thing As Stable Deterrence
The overwhelming consensus in the U. S.

North Korea
Deterring North Korea: A Reckless Gamble We Cannot Afford
Summary Choosing to deter North Korea is to engage in a gamble: you avoid the costs of a preventive war today when North Korea is relatively weak, but...

After the Midterms, the Right Strategy Against Iran
By Lance Gordon • RealClearDefense
The Color Revolution Came Home
By Emzari Gelashvili • RealClearDefense
When Access Becomes the Fight
By Richard Byno • RealClearDefense
What the 2026 Midterm Results Mean for U.S. Strategic Competition with Rivals
By Dean Chen • RealClearDefense
Measurable by Design: Project Meridian
By Alex Willard • RealClearDefense

New USAF Force Design Bets on Technology
By Stephen Losey, Air & Space Forces
DoD Pushes $450M in Loans To Bolster U.S. Space Companies
By Hitchens, BrDefense
The U.S. Navy Needs a New Battlecruiser. Will It Get One?
By Sadler & Ouellette, NatInt
U.S. Army Rehearses Rapid HIMARS Rocket Launcher Deployment
By Global Defense N.
Coding Commander's Intent into Unmanned Systems
By Thomas Baumstark, Proceedings
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