An alliance is only as credible as the runway it can repair under fire. The Pentagon’s latest National Defense Strategy ...

The United States did not enter the war with Iran because it was attacked or was about to be attacked. It seems to have entered after concluding that once ...

Is America running out of missiles? The attacks on Iranian forces and leadership have had a devastating impact on the regime, but the repeated salvos of ...

In early March 2026, U.S. Central Command confirmed the first U.S. fatalities of the Iran conflict. A drone strike at Port ...

The war with Iran has prompted many questions about what comes next. Will the Islamic Republic regime survive? What could ...

To analyze a war accurately, one must apply an analytical framework suited to its actual character. This requirement is ...

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Advanced violence is democratizing.  AI, in conjunction with dramatic improvements in robotics, energy production, and ...

In late 2017, while traveling to Moscow on official duty, I experienced a sudden, debilitating health incident. After a long and arduous battle with the ...

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In Beirut, Baghdad, and across the Middle East, the same pattern repeats: a leader is killed, a funeral fills the streets, and within weeks someone new is ...

As I conclude nearly four decades of military and public service, including as lieutenant governor of Guam, a line from the 1986 Crowded House song “Don’t ...