Want of Frigates: Why Is It So Hard For America to Buy Small Surface Combatants?
“The last Fleet was lost to me for want of Frigates; God forbid this should.” Lord Horatio Nelson, letter...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Want of Frigates: Why Is It So Hard For America to Buy Small Surface Combatants?
A nation must think before it acts.
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Data Centers at Risk: The Fragile Core of American Power
On October 20, 2025, a glitch at an Amazon Web Services (AWS) data center in northern Virginia triggered more...
Collective Seapower: NATO’s New Maritime Strategy
NATO has finally unveiled its new Alliance Maritime Strategy, refreshing a document that had not been publicly updated since...
Syria’s Fragile Transition and the Enduring Minority Question
Nearly a year after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime at the hands of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and...
The Feudalization of Mali
Bamako is living on the precipice. Nervous hotel owners complain about a lack of electricity, but this time it’s...
America, Incorporated: The Era of the Portfolio State
For much of the last century, the American state has intervened directly in the economy only in times of...
The GERD Dispute: Lessons for Water Governance and the Future of the Nile Basin
Introduction Water-related conflict is among the key concerns for a future marked by rising incidences of droughts, increasing water...
How the Russian Orthodox Church Became a Weapon of Political Warfare
Bottom Line The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) has become a central pillar of the Kremlin’s political and informational warfare...
Trial by Fire for Japan’s New Prime Minister
Having won the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) leadership election on October 4, Sanae Takaichi’s road to becoming Japan’s...
American Missiles and Russian Dachas: Tomahawk and the Future of Stability and Deterrence in Europe
The Tomahawk cruise missile is a near perfect machine. Its development followed advances in guidance and turbofan engine technology...