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Securing a meaningful defense topline for FY2027 is not an act of militarism; it is an act of prudence. The strategic environment is more dangerous and more interconnected than most Americans ...

While the Pentagon deserves credit for spotlighting China's development of conventional intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and the recent deployment of the DF-27 missile, which has an ...

American disengagement has a pattern. It begins with fatigue, proceeds through optimism about local arrangements, and ends with surprise when fragile political structures collapse under pressures ...

The recent National Security Strategy and National Defense Strategy outline the Trump Administration's bold vision to keep America strong and focused on the regions that matter most. They ...

While many nations have committed to buying American jet fighters like the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning, its price ($US100 million per unit), high maintenance and operational costs ($6.6million per ...

In 1999, Congress tasked the Department of Defense with publicizing an annual list of Chinese military companies. The task was a concession to those opposed to the hurried - and woefully ...

With the formal expiry of the New START Treaty, the question of the adequacy of current U.S. strategic offensive force programs - largely formulated in the early - mid 2010s, when it was assumed ...

The biggest and most immediate threat to space systems isn't anti-satellite weaponry; it's hacking. In October 2025, a group of computer scientists from the University of California, San Diego ...

With repeated purges, Xi Jinping increasingly resembles Joseph Stalin in controlling the regime that he leads. The Chinese Communist Party general secretary and national president shows widespread ...

PRC Targets NATO Frontline States Executive Summary: The People's Republic of China (PRC) is expanding its presence along the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) frontline through ...