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Great Power Competition Will Drive Irregular Conflicts
If the United States is drawn into a new war in the next few years, what will that look like? Will the government deploy troops and heavy arms to a front in Eastern Europe or naval forces to the Taiwan Strait? Or will it engage in the kinds…
The Submarine Workforce Crisis: Admitting Realities and Restructuring Long-Term Strategy
“We have to build and sustain submarines in the next 15 to 17-plus years the same way we did in the ’80s with an industrial base that’s one-third the size.” On a recent trip to Lake Charles, Louisiana, the executive director of program…
The Crisis in East Asia: Korea or Taiwan?
During his New Year’s Eve address, the Chinese leader Xi Jinping said that “China will surely be reunified” and that “all Chinese on both sides of the Taiwan Strait should be bound by a common purpose.” In stark contrast, North Korean…
America Needs a Dead Hand More than Ever
In the minutes after a launch detection or nuclear detonation, would America’s nuclear command, control, and communications system enable the president to make a timely and accurate decision to retaliate? We do not know.
In a 2019 War on…
It’s Time for a Comprehensive National Maritime Strategy
The United States finds itself in a curious position as one of modern history’s few great powers that doesn’t control its commercial shipping. In fact, it’s not much of an exaggeration to say that the United States owns no commercial ships,…
Delay, Disrupt, Degrade: Mine Warfare in Taiwan’s Porcupine Defense
In October 1884, as part of the wider Sino-French War, a contingent of heavily armed French warships sailed toward the harbor of Tamsui, in northern Taiwan. When the fleet approached the estuary of the Tamsui River, nine naval mines and…
Four hangover cures that aren’t as good as playing Home for a Rest by beloved Canadian folk rock…
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Wisconsin’s Left-Led Supreme Court Could Bring Back ‘Illegal’ Widespread Ballot Drop Boxes
After leftists narrowly flipped the balance of the Wisconsin Supreme Court last year, the bench agreed to hear a case that could overturn a prior decision prohibiting ballot drop boxes. The new Democrat-aligned majority agreed to hear a…
UK grants Arab Israeli asylum due to ‘well-founded fear’ of ‘apartheid’
An Arab-Israeli citizen will be granted asylum in the UK after the Home Office did a one-eighty, on the basis that there is a "well-founded fear" of persecution if the citizen is returned to Israel. The decision was made less than 24 hours…
Three Palestinians killed as police thwart terrorism in Jerusalem area
Three Palestinians were killed and three others were injured in two separate incidents of terrorist activity and rioting in the Jerusalem area on Tuesday evening, according to Israel Police and medics.In the east Jerusalem neighborhood of…