Ideas

Will Assad’s defeat be Putin’s Waterloo?

The narrative of Russia's ascendancy in 2024 is beginning to look like more fiction than fact.

Threats

Russia in talks to send fighter jets to North Korea, INDOPACOM says

U.S. should continue to build deterrence in the Asia-Pacific region, Paparo says.

Threats

Russian submarine tech could help China outpace US: INDOPACOM

Moscow could also give sub and missile know-how to North Korea, Adm. Paparo said.

Ideas

Why Ukrainian soldiers came to Idaho to study nuclear forensics

Hint: It’s an essential element of U.S. deterrence strategy.

Policy

US to begin providing anti-personnel mines to Ukraine

Policy shift reflects changing Russian tactics and Ukrainian needs, a U.S. official says.

Threats

Russian nuclear doctrine change does not indicate imminent attack, Pentagon says

While the Kremlin’s broadening of nuclear posture seems alarming, experts say future escalation could take a different path.