Is China on fast track to wage war against U.S.?
China is accelerating its military capabilities to invade Taiwan and possibly wage war against the United States in the South China Sea,
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Could The Hamas-Israel War Go Nuclear?
As tensions in the Middle East have now spilled over (yet again) into an actual war, the question on everyone’s mind is:
Where the Wargames Weren’t: Assessing 10 Years of U.S.-Chinese Military Assessments
Over the past 10 years, the U.S. defense community has produced a tremendous volume of analytical work on the military balance between
Satellite images show increased activity at nuclear test sites in Russia, China and US
Russia, the United States and China have all built new facilities and dug new tunnels at their nuclear test sites in recent
Inside the delicate art of maintaining America’s aging nuclear weapons
In an ultra-sterile room at a secure factory in Kansas City, U.S. government technicians refurbish the nation’s nuclear warheads. The job is
The U.S. Military is Unequipped for High-Intensity Combat
Repairing military equipment in a high-intensity conflict against a great power competitor should be identified as a gray rhino—a high impact, high
China, Russia taking ‘batting practice’ in air intercepts of aging US aircraft, general says
Russian and Chinese forces are growing bolder in their aerial intercepts of U.S. aircraft, in part because they’re no longer intimidated by
DEFCON Warning System – Update 10/1/23
This is the DEFCON Warning System. Alert status for 9 P.M. UTC, Sunday, October 1st, 2023. Condition code is Green. DEFCON 5.
China Taking Over While Europe Sleeps
Europe is in “complete denial” as China proceeds to spread its influence on the continent. At least that is the urgent, unequivocal
The Case for Urgency With China
Policymakers often assume the United States can deter China from invading Taiwan or win if deterrence fails. But that is no longer
The ‘Real Nuclear Crisis’ Fear Behind a Single Pentagon Document
The United States may be looking to station nuclear weapons in the United Kingdom for the first time in 15 years—and the
Xi Jinping Is Done With the Established World Order
The world’s most powerful leaders gathered in New Delhi for the year’s premier diplomatic event—the G20 summit—but China’s Xi Jinping deemed it