Dollars and Sense
Spy balloons are bad. But let's worry a little more about the overall rise of China and its military capabilities because that is the...
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Ukraine War
Most likely to bring Putin to his knees is Ukraine’s progressive strangulation of Crimea. If Russian soldiers and civilians continue to flee the peninsula,...
Ukraine War
The Nuclear Stigma Has Held for Eighty Years: A Single Tactical Nuke in the Ukraine War Could End It
The case against tactical nuclear use is not only humanitarian. If such weapons are shown to accomplish what the largest conventional munitions cannot, every...
The Treaty
American nonproliferation policy treats the spread of nuclear weapons as uniformly destabilising. A body of scholarship associated with Kenneth Waltz and Christopher Layne holds...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
As one Ukrainian defense industry executive told National Security Journal recently, “NATO now needs us more than we need them.”
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Andrii Cherniak of Ukraine's Main Directorate of Intelligence reported that North Korea is sending a missile unit comprised of around North Korean personnel to...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Brent M. Eastwood reports that Poland is weighing a transfer of its older MiG-29s to Ukraine in exchange for combat-proven drone technology rather than...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The US Navy decommissioned USS Fort Worth at Naval Base San Diego on 29 July 2026, nearly 14 years after commissioning — about 56...
Ukraine War
Reuben F. Johnson reports that a ground worker found an explosive-laden drone on the secure cargo apron at Leipzig/Halle Airport, beside a Ukrainian Antonov...
Ukraine War
Reuben F. Johnson relays Garry Kasparov's Telegraph op-ed arguing Europe has still not acknowledged it is at war with Russia, pointing to a sanctions...
Ukraine War
Reuben F. Johnson relays an American Purpose essay arguing Putin's central problem is manpower: volunteer numbers are sliding, the prison route has been used,...
The Treaty
Steve Balestrieri reports that Trump wants an Iran-Oman deal on the strait within a day, warning of what he calls decapitation strikes and describing...
The Treaty
Dr. Andrew Latham argues the Oman-Iran corridor taking shape is an off-ramp Trump can take — but not the settlement he described. Baghaei's own...
The Treaty
Caleb Larson reports on an Iran war entering its sixth month: a Pentagon cost figure disputed as an undercount, Republicans tepid on more funding,...
Dollars and Sense
Caleb Larson reports that the energy squeeze has moved from the price of crude to the world's ability to refine it, with Russia's diesel...
Dollars and Sense
Stephen Silver reports that officials from Iran and Oman told the Associated Press they have finalized a draft deal on the Strait of Hormuz,...
Dollars and Sense
Jack Buckby reports that Iran publicly disputed Washington's account of the Hormuz talks hours after the US suggested a deal could be announced. Iranian...
North Korea Talk
Reuben F. Johnson reports that an official with Ukraine's Defense Intelligence Service says a North Korean missile unit has begun deploying personnel, missiles and...
North Korea Talk
Jack Buckby reports that Ukraine's Main Intelligence Directorate told Reuters a North Korean missile unit has begun deploying to Russia's Voronezh region, potentially bringing...
North Korea Talk
North Korea and Russia are finishing their first-ever road bridge, officially economic but believed to be a covert military supply route—trucks are far harder...
The Treaty
Would Australia ever consider a purchase or even leasing older, U.S. navy nuclear-powered attack submarines? The idea seemed almost crazy nearly ten years ago...