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Middle East
The Missed Kurdish Moment
THE CHANCE As the Islamic State in the Levant and Syria (ISIL) tore through Iraq and Syria, there was a brief opportunity to reframe the political...
Military Strategy
Mimicking Rome: Adapting to the Nimbleness of New Threats
The Roman Empire (red) and its clients (pink), at its greatest extent in 117 AD during the reign of emperor Trajan. (Wikimedia) The Romans built one...
Middle East
A New 5-Point Plan for Stability in the Middle East
BACKGROUND As civilization’s cradle, the Middle East naturally has a turbulent history. For thousands of years, no shortage of peoples with different...
Terrorism
The Perils of Inaction
The Perils of Inaction “Mille viae ducunt homines per saecula Romam. ” “A thousand roads lead men forever to Rome.
Military History
A Millennial's Perspective on the Legacy of Vietnam
The first time I visited the Vietnam Memorial was in the fifth grade. There, I observed tearful mourners and cried too without understanding why.
The Gulf of Finland’s Forgotten Islands
By Ben Poulin • RealClearDefense
NATO’s New Spending Pledge Must Buy Real Energy Resilience
By Chuck Dockery • RealClearDefense
The Army Needs a Data Logistics Discipline Before the Next Surge
By Steve Ferenzi • RealClearDefense
2949 Marine Prisoners, Hostages, and Peacetime Governmental Detainees Since Our Corps' Founding
By Jon Couch • RealClearDefense
America Must Win the Biotech Race Against China
By Rob Maness • RealClearDefense
U.S. Air Force To Arm C-17 Cargo Aircraft With Cruise Missiles
By C. Jones, Defence Blog
How Marine Vet Ernest Langdon Became a Renowned Shooter & Gunsmith
By WATM
In First, Two CCAs Fly Air Combat Maneuvers Using Autonomy Software
By A&SF
Space Force Launches Mission Operations Center
By Jon Harper, DefenseScoop
Pentagon Mulls Placing Fleet of Military Satellites Around the Moon
By Ars Technica
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