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Iran
The Israeli Card
In 1972, Chairman Mao Zedong hosted President Richard Nixon in Beijing to establish diplomatic relations. The visit ended China's isolation, ended the...

Grand Strategy
Thucydides Traps and Predation Strategies
On May 13, Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping spoke at a bilateral meeting inaugurating their second summit in Beijing and their sixth meeting...

Sea (Maritime, Naval Operations)
Bringing a Warthog to a Streetfight
Mine hunting is a slow, unappealing, labor-intensive, and above all risky search and destroy mission. Mine warfare has been a victim of "...

Russo-Ukraine War
Neither a Hyperpower nor a Fortress
In January 2017, Donald Trump stated America First would be the foundation of his administration's agenda. America First defies easy explanation,...

Pentagon
Broken Windows at the Pentagon
On September 10, 2001, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld delivered a speech identifying the department's bureaucracy as the nation's most pressing...

Russo-Ukraine War
The Donbas Question
The Russian-Ukraine War is a tragic echo of the devastating conflicts of the twentieth century and its resolution is an urgent endeavor. President...

Europe
Trump and Putin Both Want a Strong Europe
Marking three years of Russia's war in Ukraine and facing four years of confrontational diplomacy with America, European leaders are both defiant and...

Defense Budget
DOGE To Confront the DoD Checkbook
With unprecedented zeal, Special Government Employee Elon Musk and his DOGE team have descended upon multiple agencies to execute its cost cutting...

Military History
When Goliath Triumphed
The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation by Victor Davis Hanson Defeat is the feared conclusion of war but rarely is annihilation the...

Indo-Pacific/Asia
East Asia Homework for the Trump Administration
The incoming Trump Administration will immediately contend with a world on fire upon taking office. In Europe, the Russian invasion of Ukraine is in...

The Revolutionary War: When Strategic Options Share the Same Weakness
By Henry Yep • RealClearDefense
The Houthis Are Testing the Limits of Collective Defense
By Saima Afzal • RealClearDefense
Radio Frequencies in the Intelligence Ecosystem
By Craig Brower • RealClearDefense
An Acquisitions Process Built for Today's Contested Spectrum Battlefield
By John Malsbury • RealClearDefense
Who Shoots Down the Drone Over the Shipyard?
By John Ferrari & Dillon Prochnicki • RealClearDefense

Who Shoots Down the Drone Over the Shipyard?
By John Ferrari & Dillon Prochnicki • RealClearDefense
Northrop Grumman Breaks Out the Big Guns at AUSA
By Daniel Terrill, Defense News
Army Pursuing Diverse Array of New Anti-Air Interceptors
By Trevithick, The WarZone
Who Shoots Down the Drone Over the Shipyard?
By John Ferrari & Dillon Prochnicki, RCD
F-35C Lands for the First Time on a Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier
By The Aviationist
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