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Global defense spending jumped in 2023
Security crises drove year-over-year growth to its highest level in a decade.
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Defense concerns sink Korean bid for shipbuilder Austal
The Australian firm rebuffed a $662 million offer from South Korea’s Hanwha Ocean.
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The AI revolution is already here
The U.S. military must grapple with real dilemmas that until recently seemed hypothetical.
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What we learn from Serbia's intriguing fighter-jet choice
Belgrade's plan to buy its first Western-designed combat aircraft reveals trends in its military, the region, and Russia.
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What about Ukraine’s Abrams tanks?
Recent losses underscore the importance of doctrine and training—not just weapons—in war.
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How to fix the military’s software SNAFU
Too many of its apps are built on code riddled with vulnerabilities—and distributed by the Pentagon itself.
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Moscow attack shows growing reach of ISIS-K. Could the US be next?
The group certainly aspires to mount a major attack in a Western capital.
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The Islamic State’s Afghanistan-based affiliate is emerging as a global menace
ISIS-K’s bombing in Moscow shows the group's increasingly deadly reach.
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How to keep China out of the Pentagon’s weapons
The U.S. military should take a page from the cybersecurity playbook.
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Use 'hedge forces' to break the Pentagon's force-structure death spiral
The U.S. military must move away from exquisite general-purpose units and weapons.
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New Arctic strategy? Good. Now do one for the Antarctic
China and Russia aren’t limiting their adventurism to the northern polar region.
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Two ways to fix Army recruiting
Stop organizing its tasks geographically, and put our best people on it.
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Authoritarians are playing to win. America can’t if we don’t show up.
Two retired four-stars lay out the case for the National Security Emergency Package currently being considered in the House.
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China’s nascent railgun is just the tip of its shipboard R&D
Meet the lab working to equip PLAN warships with vast amounts of electrical power.
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When will the Pentagon listen on blast injuries?
Troops buffeted by explosions are too often treated simply for mental health—not physical damage to the brain.
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Should governments ban TikTok? Can they?
A cybersecurity expert explains the risks the app poses and the challenges to blocking it.
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The US is not serious about aircraft carriers—or their industrial base
Congress should reject the Navy’s plan to increase the gaps between new carriers.
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Three ideas for countering China in the gray zone
The U.S. ought to pull a few new tools from its military-diplomatic-informational toolbox.
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Is the United States overestimating China’s power?
Washington's strategic, diplomatic, and budgetary decisions must be guided by a proper understanding of China's accomplishments and challenges.
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