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OPINION COLUMN — “The one Big Beautiful [Reconciliation] Bill currently making its way through Congress, in combination with [fiscal 2025] base appropriations…is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to revolutionize our nation’s defense capabilities an…
EXPERT INTERVIEW – In the early weeks of the second Trump administration, questions were raised about Ukraine’s ability to defend itself, as the White House […] More
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DEEP DIVE – Donald Trump vowed Tuesday to finish building a “Golden Dome” defense shield before the end of his term that would protect the […] More
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DEEP DIVE – Donald Trump vowed Tuesday to finish building a “Golden Dome” defense shield before the end of his term that would protect the nation from incoming missiles and other threats. The president put the price tag at $175 billion; experts say th…
EXPERT INTERVIEWS — President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs have spared no nations, slammed several longtime allies, and sent global markets into a tailspin. They will likely […] More
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US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, who started the now-infamous group chat coordinating a US attack against the Yemen-based Houthis on March 15, is seemingly now suggesting that the secure messaging service Signal has security vulnerabilities.
“I didn’t see this loser in the group,” Waltz told Fox News about Atlantic editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg, whom Waltz invited to the chat. “Whether he did it deliberately or it happened in some other technical mean, is something we’re trying to figure out.”
Waltz’s implication that Goldberg may have hacked his way in was followed by a …
BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT – Over the last few weeks, hardly a day has gone by without a fresh pledge from a European nation to […] More
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EXPERT INTERVIEWS – In an age of rapidly changing technology and profound implications for the wars of the future, is the United States adapting effectively, […] More
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Politics in Europe are growing increasingly unstable. The Starmer government in the United Kingdom (UK) is stalled and the German coalition of Gerhard Scholz dissolved, with elections coming. Under French President Emmanuel Macron, the government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier lasted barely three months, as it recently collapsed upon a no-confidence vote by a parliament […]
More Political Uncertainties Affecting Europe’s Defense Build-up was originally published on Global Security Review.
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW — Does the United States military have an innovation problem? For all its smart leaders and money and obvious edge in many areas, […] More
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