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Persian Gulf Tensions

Supply Chain

September 1, 2026

Open Warfare: Hidden Costs

As the world is re-learning, national security and economics are as inextricable as a mortise and tenon in a working wooden joint. Rising fuel prices...

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Military Strategy

August 25, 2026

Strategy Trumps Industry

The United States is engaging in a dangerous exercise in bean-counting. The media hullabaloo over missile magazines and lengthy ship deployments is in...

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Military Strategy

January 14, 2026

The Trump Doctrine

The U. S.

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Israel Palestinians

Middle East

October 1, 2025

The U.S. Cannot Let Allied Fecklessness Stand

In the Middle East, the Trump administration risks snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Despite intense coordination between the U.

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Military Strategy

September 16, 2025

Procurement Driving Strategy

Against the backdrop of a major U. S.

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Military Strategy

March 31, 2025

The Hypersonic Threat

At the beginning of this year, North Korea claimed to have tested a hypersonic weapon. While doubts remain about the program’s technical maturity, the...

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Military History

October 6, 2024

A Year That Will Live in Infamy

By the evening of December 7 th , 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt understood that the world crisis had taken a new, decisive turn. The United...

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U.S. Coast Guard

July 1, 2024

Alaska's Strategic Importance to U.S. Security

From grave deficiencies in strategic lift and defense industrial base to submarine repair inadequacies, Yorktown Institute continues to highlight...

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Mideast Tensions

Maritime Strategy

March 13, 2024

Red Sea Blockade

On 6 March, a Houthi missile attack on a merchant ship off the coast of Yemen, killed three crewmen and forced evacuation of the burning ship. The...

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China Taiwan Military Exercises

Indo-Pacific/Asia

February 20, 2024

PRC Lawfare With Commercial Air Routes

A military jet fighter flies above the Taiwan Strait as seen from the 68-nautical-mile scenic spot, the closest point in mainland China to the island...

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