The Pentagon’s arsenal and defense industrial base is built on materials that China can turn off like a light switch. Growing uncertainty in critical ...

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Russia has more friends than Western analysts like to admit, even three years into the Russo-Ukrainian War. While many have ...

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William D. James, British Grand Strategy in the Age of American Hegemony (Oxford University Press, 2024) Back in June, ...

On Aug. 1, 2025, the Office of the Historian published National Security Policy, 1985–1988 Part 1, which focused on President ...