Washington is preparing for the right war, but in the wrong theater. For years, U.S. strategic thinking has centered on the ...

The year 2026 has brought sweeping change to Latin America’s relationship with the United States. Following a major military ...

Major powers are increasingly trying to shut out their rivals. Russia invaded Ukraine in part to prevent the latter’s further ...

For decades, the United States’ nuclear weapons enterprise has wrestled with an institutional paradox. On one hand is the ...

This exclusive Cogs of War interview is with Brig. Gen. Steven P. Carpenter, the commanding general of Multi-Domain Command - ...

Welcome to The Adversarial. Every other week, we’ll provide you with expert analysis on America’s greatest challengers: China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, ...

As a naval shipyard commander, my mandate from Navy leadership is straightforward: return warships to the fleet as quickly as ...

On Jan. 5, 2025, my volunteer platoon attached to the 23rd Special Purpose Battalion of the Presidential Brigade entered a ...

Subscribe for sharp analysis and grounded insights from warriors, diplomats, and scholars.

Collective-defense pacts are meant to make war less likely. Poorly designed ones can do the opposite. If allies make sweeping ...

Arms trafficking in the Caribbean has soared in recent years, with many states now ranking firearms trafficking as the number ...

This is the tenth article in a limited series celebrating American defense technologies born from wartime and their effects ...