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China

September 18, 2026

We Are All Out of Doves

Why President Trump Must Take the National Mantle Against Xi Jinping The age of doves is finished. Soft engagement, strategic patience, and the...

Travis A. Karnes • RealClearDefense
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

September 7, 2026

President Trump's European Realities

President Trump’s European Realities and Why the United States Must Commence Peace Through Strength A Strategic Framework for Restoring Deterrence on...

Travis A. Karnes • RealClearDefense

Indo-Pacific/Asia

August 17, 2026

Arctic Eagle Sphere

Why President Trump Is Right About Greenland and How the United States Can Stop Russian Supremacy in the Arctic The Arctic is no longer a frozen...

Travis A. Karnes • RealClearDefense

Cyber Warfare

July 24, 2026

Begun the New Star Wars: How the U.S. Must Capture AI-Cyber and Space Warfare

The Empire has struck first. While Washington debates budgets and scandals, the People’s Republic of China, a revanchist Russia, and their North...

Travis A. Karnes • RealClearDefense
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Russo-Ukraine War

July 10, 2026

Never Call Retreat: How Ukraine Can Force a High Mark to Victory

A refined five-point operational framework to leverage technological asymmetries, disrupt Russian logistics, and break the attritional stalemate in...

Travis A. Karnes • RealClearDefense

China

June 15, 2026

Trump's Taco Plant on Communist CCP Red China

From Summit Failure to Strategic Capitulation in the Face of Existential Threat The Communist Party of China (CCP) functions not as a normal...

Travis A. Karnes • RealClearDefense

Defense Budget

April 29, 2026

America First Raising

How the U. S.

Travis A. Karnes • RealClearDefense

Indo-Pacific/Asia

April 20, 2026

Dragon Slayer: America's Pivotal Role in the Indo-Pacific

In the vast expanse of the Indo-Pacific, America stands as the indispensable defender—guardian of freedom, guarantor of open sea lanes, and bulwark...

Travis A. Karnes • RealClearDefense

China

April 3, 2026

The Unholy Alliance: Moscow and Beijing's Invisible Shield Over Tehran

The strategic landscape of the Middle East has undergone a terminal shift. For decades, the Washington establishment operated under the delusion that...

Travis A. Karnes • RealClearDefense

Iran

March 24, 2026

No Retreat, No Surrender: Why America Must Prevail in Iran

In the unforgiving arena of twenty-first-century great-power competition, Iran stands as the fulcrum upon which American resolve will either hold firm...

Travis A. Karnes • RealClearDefense

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