Andrew Latham is a Senior Washington Fellow at the Institute for Peace and Diplomacy and a professor of international relations and political theory at Macalester College in Saint Paul, MN. You can follow him on X: @aalatham. Dr. Latham is a daily columnist for 19FortyFive.com
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points – South Korea’s K2 Black Panther main battle tank, a technologically advanced “digital-native” platform with features like active protection systems and advanced...
Key Points – Despite recurring claims of their obsolescence due to advancements in drones and surveillance, submarines, particularly nuclear-powered ones, remain more critical than...
Key Points – The UK’s Challenger 3 program represents a significant “reinvention” of 148 Challenger 2 tanks, featuring a new NATO-standard 120mm smoothbore gun,...
It’s late May 2025 and Donald Trump looks visibly irritated – not triumphant, not calculating, just irritated. Vladimir Putin has begun making noises about...
Key Points – The post-Cold War expansion of NATO to Russia’s borders, without seriously considering Russia’s inclusion or its security concerns, is presented as...
Key Points – China’s ambition to build nuclear-powered aircraft carriers (Type 004 concept) to match US global naval power faces significant and likely protracted...
Key Points – The recent (May 19th) phone call between President Trump and Vladimir Putin, along with talk of imminent peace negotiations for Ukraine,...
Key Points – A new North Korean frigate recently capsized during its launch, a public embarrassment that starkly reveals the regime’s focus on “theater”...
Key Points – Despite initial media focus on a tense exchange over “white genocide” claims, the recent White House meeting between President Trump and...