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Iran’s missile attack on Israel, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, China’s maritime assaults on the Philippines are not isolated issues. They are the direct result of the projection of weakness that began with the Obama Administration and reasserted by President Biden. Moscow, Beijing, Tehran and Pyongyang are strengthening their armed forces and meeting closely to strengthen […]
As the threats from China gain in intensity, U.S-Australian relations grow increasingly vital. In June, an Australian Strategic Policy Institute study noted that “China’s military build-up is a big … problem, and it has long been large enough to, in and of itself, increase the potential for military conflict in the region, if only because […]
Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has exposed a crucial weakness in the defense posture of the United States and its allies: the inability to produce the weapons and ammunition required to successfully prosecute a war. The U.S. Naval Institute has found that “United States no longer has the capacity to quickly produce needed wartime assets, like […]
Is Russian President Vladimir Putin facing a use it or lose it situation? Will the Russian leader perceive a critical need to employ a weapon of mass destruction to move his war in Ukraine into the win category for Moscow this summer? Are we entering a new nuclear era of uncertainty with an increasing likelihood […]
The United States is on a descent to becoming only a third-rate nuclear power. Russia has the world’s largest nuclear arsenal, a result of an agreement reached during the Obama Administration. Now, it has been revealed that China has more land-based ICBM launchers than the United States. Equally troubling, in just the last two years, […]
China’s aggressive leadership is creating security challenges on the Korean peninsula and for countries around the world. Two times this week President Biden had to order the US Air Force to shoot down high-altitude, Chinese surveillance balloons flying over the United States. The latest incident occurred over Alaska on Friday. In East Asia, Beijing has […]
As Arctic-like temperatures descend on the United States this week, we are reminded that there is a great frozen north that can impact events outside the immediate region. The Arctic today plays an increasingly important geopolitical role with the growing potential of a year-round new Northern Passage for commercial shipping, technologically available energy rich resources, […]
Turkey, Belarus, and Georgia have something in common this fall. All three are reevaluating their relationship with Russia. Belarus fears the consequences of closer military involvement with Moscow in its war in Ukraine. Georgia, seeing how badly the war is going to Putin, has presented the idea of holding a national referendum on opening […]
Several hundred intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) silos are buried at three sites in the sands of China’s western deserts near Yumen, Hami, and Ordos. Beijing touts additional road mobile intercontinental missile launchers it says are capable of carrying advanced weapons of great destructive power and able to reach the continental US. Recently Beijing launched its […]
Thanks to Vladimir Putin, NATO has experienced a revival, as nations realize that the powerful deterrent it provides is vitally necessary. For several decades following the collapse of the Soviet Union, many questioned the relevance of NATO. Far too many members, especially Germany, failed to live up to their obligation to maintain an adequate defense […]