SecurityCommentary
For one-third of the price of one F-35 Lightning II, the Pentagon made a key investment to ensure its supply of rare earth elements. The… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Like many other Americans, I watched events of this past summer in horror as violence roiled our streets from Seattle to Atlanta and its inevitable… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Americans get to elect their presidents. Not so in China. We may have moved from the 45th commander in chief to the 46th, and the… Read More
SecurityCommentary
In World War II, the United States became known as “the arsenal of democracy” and has filled that role ever since, with a robust defense… Read More
SecurityCommentary
News that President Joe Biden intends to seek a five-year extension of the New START agreement with Russia is disappointing, to say the least. New… Read More
SecurityCommentary
At his Tuesday confirmation hearing, President Joe Biden’s nominee to be secretary of defense, retired Gen. Lloyd Austin, asked about service by transgendered people in… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Like a zombie, the notion that America is fighting “endless” or “forever” wars in the Middle East refuses to die. It’s a theme not reserved… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The U.S. Space Force will celebrate its first birthday on Dec. 20. Through a year of news cycles dominated by coronavirus-driven lockdowns and the presidential… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Many predict that shortly after assuming office, former Vice President Joe Biden will move to rescind the Trump administration’s 2019 policy on military service by… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Chuck Yeager, the Air Force pilot who became the first man in history to break the sound barrier, made his last takeoff Monday, dying peacefully… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Climate change is an urgent national security threat? Here we go again. Leaving aside the debate over the causes of climate change—and the pace of… Read More
SecurityCommentary
As a global power, the United States has global interests. Currently, those interests are being directly contested by near-peer competitors China and Russia. Effectively meeting… Read More
SecurityCommentary
America’s security depends largely on the readiness of the U.S. military. Threats loom like a rising China, terrorism, and bad actors like North Korea, Iran,… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Progressives and some Republicans are trying to sneak a bill into the National Defense Authorization Act that would impose a beneficial ownership reporting regime on… Read More
SecurityAnalysis
The military strength of the United States again is rated as only “marginal” in a new report, the “2021 Index of U.S. Military Strength“, from… Read More
SecurityCommentary
In a revived era of great power competition, the United States must face revisionist powers and rogue regimes with advancing nuclear forces and a greater… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The future of the United States depends on our ability to meet the military challenges coming from China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran in this… Read More
InternationalCommentary
The British government, led by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, announced a major step forward Thursday in modernizing Britain’s armed forces by committing to increase defense… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The top two items on the agenda in the waning days of the 116th Congress should be to pass appropriations bills to keep the government… Read More
SecurityCommentary
In the wee hours of Nov. 17, as Americans slept, the U.S. Navy and the Missile Defense Agency successfully shot down an intercontinental-range ballistic missile… Read More
SecurityNews
The military strength of the United States again is rated as only “marginal” in a new report from The Heritage Foundation, a status that a… Read More
SecurityCommentary
One of the unexpected consequences of COVID-19 is it forced the U.S. government to reexamine how it does its job, including how it spends on… Read More
SecurityCommentary
“There were terrible moments that encompassed a lifetime, an endlessness, when terror was so strong in me, that I could feel idiocy replace reason. [Yet,]… Read More
SecurityCommentary
This Veterans Day, we have great reason to thank our many veterans and reflect on the immeasurable value of their service. Celebrated every year on… Read More
SecurityCommentary
For the next several years, the U.S. is going to have to make some tough decisions in areas related to its foreign policy and national… Read More
SecurityCommentary
In 2017, Lawrence Bass died at an Army ammunition plant when the ammunition components he was handling exploded. He and one other man have died in the last 10 years due… Read More
SecurityCommentary
President Donald Trump has placed a significant emphasis on the need for increased defense spending among NATO allies, and the newest data suggests his efforts… Read More
SecurityCommentary
“If the reason that you want a 20% cut in the defense budget is because you see the U.S. military as a fundamentally destabilizing force… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Iran is building an underground advanced centrifuge assembly plant at its Natanz nuclear facility, according to satellite images obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday. This… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Tehran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps is reinforcing its navy in the vicinity of the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s aggressive presence in one of the world’s most… Read More
