Reuben F. Johnson has thirty-six years of experience analyzing and reporting on foreign weapons systems, defense technologies, and international arms export policy. He is also a survivor of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. He worked for years in the American defense industry as a foreign technology analyst and later as a consultant for the U.S. Department of Defense, the Departments of the Navy and Air Force, and the governments of the United Kingdom and Australia. In 2022-2023, he won two awards in a row for his defense reporting. He holds a bachelor's degree from DePauw University and a master's degree from Miami University in Ohio, specializing in Soviet and Russian studies. He lives in Warsaw.
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Key Points and Summary – Italian Air Force Eurofighter Typhoons, flying NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission from Ämari Air Base in Estonia, recently intercepted...
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Key Points and Summary – German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is rejecting any great-power deal on Ukraine that sidelines Kyiv or Europe, warning that Vladimir...
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