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There is an active debate in the U.S. Marine Corps about the value of operations in the information environment as a central aspect of maneuver warfare. Some critics have called new force structure like the Marine expeditionary force information group …
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization convened for its 25th summit in Tianjin on Sept. 1, the largest gathering of leaders in the organization’s history. More than 20 state leaders and heads of 10 international organizations attended the summit, …
America’s crippling strikes against Iran’s nuclear program in June have created a narrow window to avoid a strategic nightmare: namely, fighting China, Russia, and Iran all at once.With Iran neutralized, strategic logic demands that the Uni…
The recent wave of meetings between U.S. officials and allies in the Indo-Pacific have been studies in the duality of American diplomacy under President Donald Trump. Although headlines have focused on mounting American calls for allies to spend more o…
Between Aug. 31 and Sept. 1, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the 2025 Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s summit meeting in China. Established by China in 2001 to manage border disputes, the organization now includes members like Ira…
What if Moscow’s most dangerous moves right now aren’t in Europe, but along the Gulf of Guinea?With its resources sunk deep into Ukraine, the Russian military has weighed carefully whether and when to engage elsewhere, standing aside amid r…
Editor’s Note: This is part of a new series of essays entitled “Battle Studies,” which seeks, through the study of military history, to demonstrate how past lessons about strategy, operations, and tactics apply to current defense chal…
The air in Iraq is thick these days with political anticipation. On Nov. 11, 2025, Iraqis will head to the polls — for the seventh time since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003 — to elect a new 329-seat parliament from among a crowded field of 3…
Explosions over Kyiv and other Ukrainian population centers are daily reminders that Russia’s missiles can reach deep and strike hard. Beyond the immediate implications for the war in Ukraine, these barrages raise a sharper question for Europe: h…
China’s increasingly powerful military has bracketed Taiwan with exercises. Its air and naval forces launch daily incursions, and Beijing has erased the unofficial maritime border between them. Yet, many Americans are baffled by a Taiwanese publi…