Ukraine’s battlefield innovations in drones, AI, and electronic warfare offer the US a critical preview of future conflict. Partnering with Ukraine now could help modernize America’s defense and avoid strategic lag.
The UCP is overdue for a major update, as it no longer lends itself to a grand strategy aimed at deterring Chinese aggression.
With the potential return of a global war, it is time to reconsider the Joint Staff’s historical role of coordinating global operations during a conflict.
The president and the secretary of defense have the power to issue new UCPs at their will. They should exercise that power now.
Israel’s “Iron Beam” laser air defense system is being deployed in the field and offers the first cost-effective response to drone warfare.
During the Cold War, the United States maintained a diverse arsenal of nuclear weapons to support deter Soviet aggression. This arsenal included land-based, theater-range missiles operated by the U.S. Army. Such systems complicated Soviet decision-making and provided the President with additional, credible options to respond to escalation
Bosnia 30 Years After Dayton: A Nation Still Divided, A Peace Deal That Failed
Three decades since the Dayton Accords ended Bosnia’s bloody war, the country remains fracturer not by bullets, but by an unworkable peace.
The U.S. should defuse tensions with Beijing to prevent war over the faraway island.
If the Trump administration wants to cut Pentagon waste and avoid future wars, it should set its sights on abolishing the Combatant Command system.
The future of defense strategy requires restructuring forces for modern threats, focusing deployments on critical regions, accelerating tech integration, reforming procurement and budgets, revitalizing the industrial base, and investing in top talent.
President Trump’s Middle East trip was a wasted opportunity to secure major progress on a diplomatic solution to Iran’s nuclear program and resolving the war in Gaza
after an Israeli strike on Iranian nuclear sites, even if the Pentagon had not been involved? A recent Middle East Forum war game, for example, suggested the possibility that the Iranian regime could
Trump should lead a combined effort to make Putin see that the longer the war goes on, the more Russia will suffer.
This could be the most volatile geopolitical moment in the Indo-Pacific since World War II. Extreme uncertainty surrounding the Trump administration’s policies is prompting U.S. allies and partners alike to explore the possibility of relying less on the United States and pivoting more toward China.
