Ideas
Biden’s Best Chance to Get Back on Course with Europe
The president should send his best team to NATO and EU talks, find common ground on China, and repair the damage done by the AUKUS submarine deal.
Ideas
AUKUS: Good Goals, Bad Implementation
Now begins the real work for the United States and its democratic allies: cooperating to strengthen their eroding deterrence in the Indo-Pacific.
Policy
US Navy’s Latest Plan for Its Future May Not Come Until 2023, Says Top Admiral
It’s the fourth attempt in four years to define the future of the Navy.
Business
Just Half of Workers at Two Critical Shipyards Are Vaccinated
The sobering numbers offer a snapshot of defense contractors’ struggle to get workers vaccinated.
Ideas
AUKUS Is the Death Knell of Australia's Strategic Ambiguity
At what cost is Australia attempting to strengthen its deterrence of China?
Ideas
Trade Versus Subs: The Risky U.S. Tradeoff in the Asia-Pacific
Which will matter more, a dozen more nuclear subs on the U.S. side of the ledger or a trade pact that could draw many of the world's largest economies ever-closer toward China?
Threats
Australia Will Get Nuclear-Powered Subs In New Partnership With US, UK
Dubbed AUKUS, the new security partnership will increase focus on the Indo-Pacific.
Ideas
The U.S. Should Get Serious About Submarine Cable Security
Three trends are accelerating risks to underwater cables’ security and resilience.
Threats
The Kabul Airlift in 5 Charts
The largest emergency airlift ever handled by the U.S. military started slowly and built to a torrent.
Ideas
Calculating the Costs of the Afghanistan War
The war in Afghanistan, like many other wars before it, began with optimistic assessments of a quick victory and the promise to rebuild at war’s end.
Threats
Inside the Final Hours at Kabul Airport
Alone on the airfield after hundreds of other U.S. troops had left, five handpicked joint tactical exfiltration crews blew up the last remaining defenses and took off in the dark.
Threats
The Last U.S. Military Plane Has Left Kabul. What’s Next for Americans, Afghans Left Behind?
"Do not count on Americans to save you," one volunteer rescue group warns Afghans now at risk.
Threats
The Final Retrograde from Afghanistan Has Officially Begun
The threat to U.S. personnel, aircraft in the final days at Kabul airport remains “very real” after a retaliatory U.S. drone strike took out two ISIS-K planners.
Threats
13 US Troops Killed, More Injured, in Terrorist Attack at Kabul Airport
10 Marines among the dead; they were securing one of the last gates open for Afghans, Americans to escape.
Business
Conference Wire: Navy Eyes Greater Space Capabilities
The final day of the 2021 Space Symposium saw Navy officials talk—just a bit—about their plans.
Science & Tech
US Navy Will Upgrade Warships to Add Unnamed Space Capabilities
“Everything is classified” when it comes to space, one admiral complained.
Threats