While the United States remains the global leader in space capabilities, its ecosystem shows fragility. Emerging space powers ...

Could this small state's collaborative approach to defense planning be the future for countries seeking asymmetric advantages ...

After Israel struck Iran’s nuclear facilities, there were good reasons to be skeptical about the official justification for ...

Located at the crossroads of vital Indian Ocean shipping lanes linking the Middle East and Asia, the Maldives has emerged as ...

This is part of a running series of essays by Iskander Rehman, entitled “Applied History,” which seeks, through the study of ...

American auto manufacturers are preparing to shut down production lines. Defense manufacturers may not be far behind. The tit ...

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Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s recent visit to three Southeast Asian countries drew widespread headlines — not only for ...

The Multi-Domain War The challenge for the United States and most of its allies and partners lies in the fact that the legal principles applied during land warfare and counter-insurgency operations in ...

The offensive al-Shabaab launched in late February 2025 marks its most ambitious push in years, reversing government gains and reasserting control in swathes of central and southern Somalia. The rapid ...

References by Pentagon officials, the think tank world, and various world leaders to autonomous weapon systems often cite a U.S. military policy requirement that doesn’t even exist. Published in 2012 ...

From Elon Musk to Sen. Bernie Sanders, there is widespread agreement that the Department of Defense is way too slow in how it develops, acquires, deploys, maintains, and upgrades technology. However, ...