Commentary
The Army’s role in the Pacific
Deterrence can’t be achieved with maritime or air systems alone.
What the R&D budget proposal says about the future of war
The Pentagon’s research-and-development section heralds several quiet, monumental shifts.
The Israel-Iran war may have saved both countries’ embattled leaders
External threats tend to heal internal divisions—and shatter dreams of “regime change.”
How to restart nuclear diplomacy with Iran
Tehran is weakened, but hardly neutralized.
The White House is looking for savings in the wrong place
The main acquisition challenge isn’t how the military buys weapons, but what it aims to do with them.
Why Saturday's strike on Iran was perfectly timed
The president waited until Israel set the conditions for success.
For 250 years, it’s been ‘change or lose’ for our military. Here’s what needs changing now
A former commandant and a futurist take stock of Spider’s Web, Rising Lion, and more.
Is gun violence depressing military recruiting?
Perhaps the problem is not that young people are insufficiently patriotic, but that they have been fighting a war, daily, for their entire lives.
The military must remain nonpartisan. America depends on it
The soldiers who cheered partisan applause lines at Fort Bragg, and their leaders, erred in a spectacular way.
Ukraine’s daring drone raid exposes American vulnerabilities
Will U.S. leaders learn from the new playbook, or ignore it at our peril?
The ‘buy-American’ push is backfiring
It’s time for U.S. and European policymakers to be smarter and more cooperative.
Russia aims to ride the BRICS to AI victory
The United States must firm up its own coalition of AI collaborators.
Ukraine and the future of deception in war
If the U.S. military and its partners cannot master today’s emerging tools, they may fall behind in a critical field.
The US Army is too light to win
Too much of its force is under-armored and under-gunned.
What’s missing from Trump’s nuclear diplomacy
A consistent message and a credible threat.
Don’t limit defense innovation by capping small-biz awards
A proposed change to the Small Business Innovation Research program would deprive the military of some of its best problem-solvers.
The nation needs a ‘security clearance ready reserve'
A list of cleared, vetted people would serve as a strategic hedge against attrition, espionage and workforce volatility.
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Norms have changed in South Asia, making future de-escalation much harder
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State defense forces can fill a homeland gap
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