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Category: WORLD
The U.S. Department of Deterrence
Madeleine Albright once asked Colin Powell, “What’s the point of having this superb military you’re always talking about if we can...
Mid-Afternoon Map: Crownfall
Welcome to Mid-Afternoon Map, our exclusive members-only newsletter that provides a cartographic perspective on current events, ge...
Can Congress Revive Shipbuilding and Maritime Stra...
A sailor from a landlocked state and a soldier from a state with the country’s second longest coastline are trying to accomplish s...
Mitigating Risks in a Volatile World: A Conversati...
Ryan Evans talks with Philip Zelikow about his recent article for TNSR, “Confronting Another Axis? History, Humility, and Wishful ...
Rewind and Reconnoiter: The Future of Tactical Air...
In 2020, Walker D. Mills and Dylan “Joose” Phillips-Levine wrote “The Future of Tactical Airlift is Here and it’s Vertical,” where...
When Nothing Seems to Work: Houthi Edition
What is a country to do when military action and diplomacy are both presently hopeless? That is the situation the United States fi...
A Cyber Force Is Not the Only Solution
Recent calls to create a Cyber Force are only the latest response to the U.S. military’s years-long struggle to train and retain t...
In Brief: China’s Third Plenum
Last week, the Chinese Communist Party held its third plenum, a closed door meeting of high-level party officials that has histori...
In Brief: What Happens Next in Gaza?
Last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated before the United States Congress that Israel would keep fighting ...
The Calm Before the Swarm: Drone Warfare at Sea in...
We are not yet at a paradigm-shifting moment in the role of autonomous or robotic systems at sea. Nor are we likely to reach a rev...
The Islamic State Keeps Finding Opportunities
In March 2024, the Islamic State killed more people in parts of Syria controlled by the Assad regime than at any point since July ...
NATO After Next: From Interoperability to Fungibil...
When I was a kid, I loved Legos and Transformers. They could take multiple shapes and let me play out a million different adventur...