Mohammed Ayoob
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Military Strategy
Will Afghanistan Be America's Second Vietnam—Or Something Worse?
At a press conference on 8 July, U. S.

China
Is China Culpable for the Spread of Coronavirus?
With the containment of Covid-19 nowhere in sight, a war of words has broken out between the United States and China about the culpability of the...

Iran
Instability Set to Increase in the Middle East as U.S. Ends Iran Oil Waivers
U. S.

Middle East
When Will the Next War Erupt in the Middle East?
The signs are ominous—especially in Israel and its neighbours, Syria, Lebanon and Gaza. Violence, both actual and rhetorical, has been escalating on...

Iran
The U.S. and Iran: Back to Square One
President Donald Trump announced this morning (Australian Eastern Standard Time) that the United States is withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal—the...

North Korea
Trump, North Korea and Iran
President Donald Trump has stunned allies and adversaries alike by accepting North Korean President Kim Jong-un’s invitation to meet with him in May...

Middle East
The United States and Southwest Asia
The dynamics of Southwest Asia are in many ways distinct from those of neighboring South Asia and the Middle East, although they’re connected to...

Middle East
Dangerous Portents in the Middle East
Many had assumed that the situation in the Middle East would stabilise after the defeat of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. Unfortunately, the...

Indo-Pacific/Asia
The United States Courts India
It can’t be mere coincidence that U. S.

Iran
Trump Moves Closer to Decertification of Iran Nuclear Deal
It looks increasingly likely that President Trump will not certify to the US Congress that Iran has met its obligations under the Joint Comprehensive...

Eight Months of Epic Fury and Still No Internal Alternative
By Stephen D. Cook • RealClearDefense
The Readiness Cliff: Pacific Lessons Drawn from the Middle East
By Brian McSorley • RealClearDefense
The Pentagon’s Real Modernization Problem Is Time, Not Technology
By Bruce Allen Lubbering • RealClearDefense
The World His Mother Opened
By Carlo J.V. Caro • RealClearDefense_underway_on_5_January_1945_(80-G-301306)-500x500.jpg&w=128&q=75&dpl=dpl_b4z9kRAur4hKL7cdKLa4NMnWKbQq)
Wake Island Lessons for Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations
By Brian J. Dunn • RealClearDefense
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Wake Island Lessons for Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations
By Brian J. Dunn • RealClearDefense
U.S. Navy Expands Unmanned Mine Hunting
By Global Defense News
MRF-SEA Will Maintain Continuous Presence in the Philippines
By Mahadzir, USNI News
Space Force Weighs Proliferated Cislunar Satellite Constellation
By C. Albon, A&SF
America-Class Amphibs Enable New Ship-to-Shore Attack Strategies
By Warrior M.
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