Military & Defense

Beijing is making a major investment in hypersonic missiles.  China’s military leadership see this technology as an important element of its regional warfighting strategy and possibly its strategic deterrent.   China…

Policymakers have to balance the United States’ relationship with its North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies. If the United States gets too comfortable with allied relations, allies will feel more…

The COVID-19 pandemic has seen an escalation in tensions across the Taiwan Strait. Although the foundational aspects of the status quo remain intact, the pandemic has weakened them across the…

The countries in Indo-Pacific are currently caught in an intensifying competition for regional influence between China and the United States. But it is impossible for them to choose…

While the implications of COVD-19 continue to dominate Brazil’s political and economic landscape, the Brazilian defense industry remains a prominent topic in its relationship with the United States…

At its headquarters, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) welcomed Dr. Joseph Nye, the founder of neoliberalism and former Dean of Harvard Kennedy School, for a…

Although the start of the new decade will be remembered for the COVID-19 pandemic, another important yet overlooked story from the first months of 2020 was the high-intensity warfare between…

In light of the sixtieth anniversary of the United States-Japan Alliance, Japanese Minister of Defense Kono Taro visited Washington D.C.

Since Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar initiated his effort to take Libya’s capital, Tripoli, by force on April 4, 2019, Libya has remained in a state of full-on civil war.

This article is current as of April 14, 2020. A few weeks ago, the acting Secretary of the Navy (A-SecNav) fired the commander of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, Captain Brett…