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On December 3, South Korean President Yoon Seok Yeol declared martial law. This was a huge surprise. South Korea has been a stable democracy...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Why the Secrecy Surrounding China’s Recent Naval Exercises Near Taiwan? – Amid the hysteria over unknown drone swarms sweeping the U.S. mid-Atlantic, a massive...

Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat - 19FortyFive

Lurkers in the wretched hive of scum and villainy—the Chinas, Russias, and North Koreas of the world—are channeling Abraham Lincoln. During the American Civil...

The Embassy

Should Israel Knock Turkey’s Nuclear Plant Offline? Turkey’s Akkuyu nuclear plant may begin trial operation in 2025. The move toward operations comes just over...

Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat

Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat - 19FortyFive

Imperial Japan guessed poorly at Pearl Harbor. It misjudged the impact of its actions on a peacetime strategic competitor, made a foe of that...

Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat - 19FortyFive

Over at the Atlantic Council, former director of U.S. Navy strategy and operational concepts Bruce Stubbs probes “Ten Challenges to Implementing Force Design 2030.” Force...

Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat - 19FortyFive

It’s starting to feel like 1953 again, this time in Ukraine. That year is when the Koreas and their allies agreed on an armistice,...

Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat - 19FortyFive

I think Theodore Roosevelt would be dismayed at the state of global order today. It seems to be in retreat, or rather under concerted...

Smart Bombs

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Key Points: The U.S. Navy’s Ford-class aircraft carriers represent technological advancement but face five significant challenges. -First, the cost is staggering, with the Gerald...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Key Points: In a potential conflict with China, experts predict a massive salvo of ballistic and anti-ship missiles targeting Taiwan and U.S. forces in...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Key Points: The B-21 Raider, developed by Northrop Grumman under the Long-Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B) program, represents the future of U.S. Air Force strategic...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Key Points: This list highlights the top 5 sniper rifles revered for their precision, reliability, and battlefield performance. -Leading the pack is the Barrett...

Trillions

Trillions - 19FortyFive

China Gripped by Deflation, Making Desperate Economic Moves: China’s Producer Price Index, measuring factory-gate prices, fell in November year-on-year for the 26th straight month....

Trillions - 19FortyFive

Donald Trump’s Poisoned Economic Chalice: Today’s solid employment report, together with a stock market setting records day after day, seems to confirm the conventional...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

On paper, Scott Bessent appears to be a fine choice for Treasury Secretary in the incoming Trump administration. Indeed, who could be better qualified...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

Key Points: The debate over how many B-21 Raider stealth bombers the U.S. Air Force should build hinges on cost, capability, and strategic needs....

The Embassy

The Embassy

With the fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, conventional wisdom says Russia has suffered a strategic defeat. After all, Russian President Vladimir Putin has...

The Embassy

On December 17, the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) killed Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, the head of the Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Protection Troops of...

The Embassy

Vladimir Putin on Monday claimed that NATO’s increasing military support for Ukraine risks escalating the conflict, pushing Russia “to the red line” across which,...

The Embassy

It has become something of a cliché in Washington policy debates that the world today is more unstable and dangerous than at any time...

Hermit Kingdom

Hermit Kingdom

If Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has anything to say about it, sunny North Korea may soon become the next hot tourist destination for...

Hermit Kingdom

We have a habit of thinking of China and North Korea as allies. Indeed, China’s Mao Zedong once described the two as being “as...

Hermit Kingdom

North Korea has provided support in the civil wars in Ethiopia, Angola, Sri Lanka, and Yemen. Though the number of troops was small, North...

Hermit Kingdom

A vague North Korean-Russia alignment adds a new headache to East Asian security. But without China, it is still underpowered.