Military & Security

The Israel-Hamas war has led the United States to expand its military presence in the Middle East to heights rarely seen post-Iraq War. The United States military is surging its presence in the Middle East again. In the aftermath of Hamas’ shocking October 7 attack and the onset …

A conflict between the United States and China is not inevitable if both sides work to engage with each other and steer the relationship in a peaceful direction. July 27 marked the seventieth anniversary of the Korean Armistice and the last time the United States and the People’s …

Houthi rocketeers have fired an anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM)—a genre of weaponry ostensibly possessed only by China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Rocket Force—against merchant shipping. In recent weeks Houthi rebels fighting for control of Yemen have lashed out at mercantile shipping in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and southern …

Though generally acclaimed, the recent film Oppenheimer did little to highlight any long-term implications of nuclear weapons and nuclear warfare. This is not an intended criticism of the film’s producers or directors, but merely a suggestion to commence much broader kinds of nuclear-related inquiry. Since that first test …

At least 19,453 people have been killed in Israel’s ensuing assault on the Gaza Strip and at least 52,286 people injured, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run enclave. At least 7,600 people are missing, according to the Hamas media office. The victims are mostly children, women, …

Far from abandoning Ukraine, a second Trump administration would lift restrictions on Ukrainian military aid in order to force a peace settlement. Donald Trump has vowed that in a second presidential term, he would end the war in Ukraine “in twenty-four hours.” Mainstream analysts have dismissed the president’s …

Climate change, like nuclear weapons, is routinely described as a “global” threat that has transformed our world into a “global village” in which no state is secure unless a cosmopolitan and borderless vision of security is adopted. Such perspectives argue that there is a need for “global answers” …

Iran’s latest proxy group targets Azerbaijan and its connections with Israel. In October, in the Iranian holy city of Qom, an indignant, portly mullah with aneckbeard riled up hundreds of faithful, flag-waving supporters by threatening to strike  “Zionist” targets in the North Caucasus, Azerbaijan, and Northern Iran. Meet …

Recent U.S. Trade Representative actions could empower China to take a leadership role in the global tech race and author international standards that advance a very different vision for technology and society. As the global economy grows increasingly digital, official U.S. trade policy is apparently reverting to analog. …