The Trump-Class Battleship: Spectacle Wins Out Over Combat Power
After finishing my last article on the inability of the US Navy to build frigates, I was hopeful that...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
The Trump-Class Battleship: Spectacle Wins Out Over Combat Power
A nation must think before it acts.
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The Africa Blind Spot: The US National Security Strategy and the Risks of Retreat
On November 5, the Trump administration unveiled the new National Security Strategy (NSS) for the United States. Since the...
The Present and Future of the KMT in Taiwan
Taiwan’s politics is at an inflection point. The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), which has held the presidency since...
Right Assessment, Wrong Tactics: Europe in the New National Security Strategy
Unsurprisingly, the National Security Strategy (NSS) has set off a storm across the Atlantic. The German chancellor called parts...
Breaking the Glass Ceiling of Irregular Warfare
“The first, the supreme, the most far-reaching act of judgment that the statesman and the commander have to make...
The New US National Security Strategy: A Transactional Document that Marginalizes Africa
The first official National Security Strategy (NSS) of the second Trump administration, dated November 2025 and publicly issued in...
Central Asia Has a Drug Problem, and It Is Growing Worse
Not long after late 1991, when the Soviet Union collapsed and Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan became independent,...
Czech Elections: Back to the Future as Andrej Babiš Sweeps to Victory
The Czech Republic, in a widely predicted result, returned former Prime Minister Andrej Babiš and his ANO movement to...
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...
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...