Mike Scrafton
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Russo-Ukraine War
U.S. National Security and Ukraine: What's the Connection?
Witnesses appearing before the U. S.

Military Strategy
Venezuela: What's the Mission, Mr. President?
The proper use of military force in international relations is the indispensable subject of strategic policy. The national interests that could be...

Uncategorized
Fascism Has Not Returned
Were fascism to ascend again in Europe, international security would be menaced and the liberal international order be even more imperilled. However,...

Uncategorized
The Widening Gap Between Ethics and International Relations
In 1918 prominent American philosopher James H. Tufts asked, ‘ Is there, can there be, any ethics of international relations?

Grand Strategy
Grand Strategy: All Along the Polar Silk Road
Under Xi Jinping , China has a grand strategy to reshape the current geopolitical landscape. Xi has set out an integrated and coherent set of ideas...

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Troubles on the 'Sea of Atlas': The Transatlantic Partnership
The relationship between Europe and the U. S.

Grand Strategy
The Lament of the U.S. National Defence Strategy
The U. S.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Can the Europeans Defend Europe?
A renewed sense of urgency over European defence has come only after a cumulative series of strategic shocks. The European powers have long resisted...
Russia
Russia, the East and the Experts
Professionals and experts are often heard with dissonance today. Two contrasting recent studies concerning European views on Russia shine a partial...

Grand Strategy
The Trump Presidency: The End of the Post-war Global Order?
With the Trump presidency comes the prospect of the irretrievable loss of some things the strategic pundits thought would persist. Sticking to the old...
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Putin, Plague, and America’s Biodefense Gap
By Ryan Kane • RealClearDefense
From Hormuz to the South China Sea: Defending Freedom of Navigation in Contested Waters
By David F. Lasseter • RealClearDefense
Checklist for Modern Conflict Readiness
By Sergey E. Ivashchenko • RealClearDefense
AUTOWARCOM Is Heading for a Command-and-Control Collision
By Michael Carvelli • RealClearDefense
The Unfinished Reform
By Mark W. Castillon • RealClearDefense

From Hormuz to the South China Sea: Defending Freedom of Navigation in Contested Waters
By David F. Lasseter • RealClearDefense
National Guard Soldier Shot While Breaking Up Fight in Washington D.C.
By Military.com
‘No Marine Fights Alone’
By Gidget Fuentes, USNI News
Sea Services Weigh How to Embrace Autonomous, Attritable Tech
By Reeves, NatDef
Lockheed Delivers C-130J to Become Navy’s TACAMO Plane
By Stephen Losey, A&SF
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