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More than 100 young Canadians are spending a trial year in the Royal Canadian Navy as part of a new initiative that’s worth examining as a model for the U.S. Navy’s own recruiting efforts.Participants in the Naval Experience Program, or…

The current phase of fighting in the Middle East began almost a year ago, with the Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas and the subsequent pummeling of Gaza by Israel. But to many academics, foreign policy…

Imagine you are serving in an elite military unit. Your job is critical to its operations; your teammates rely on you for their safety and often their very lives. You were carefully screened for this assignment and selected as the best…

Within days of coming to power in 2021, the Biden administration announced that it was ending “all American support for offensive operations in the war in Yemen,” and, in particular, halting the sale of offensive weaponry to Saudi…

In late December, a 26-year-old construction worker in Sarasota County, Florida, used his phone to send a flurry of ominous online posts.Alexander Lightner, tapping away on his Samsung Galaxy, announced his intention to commit mass murder,…

Autonomous vehicles represent an estimated $2 trillion global market, and are expected to triple in value over the next decade. They are not just the future of transportation, but also have massive applications for the intelligent systems…

Most Department of the Navy (DON) programs cost more to sustain and operate than to buy, so reducing those costs is a good way to free up money to expand capability. We invite our industry partners to join us in this effort.One key…

U.S.-backed forces in eastern Syria launched a major attack on three posts manned by pro-government gunmen on Aug. 12, 2024, killing at least 18 fighters in a rare provocation near the border with Iraq.The assault marked the worst…

The Ukrainian ground offensive into the southern Kursk region of Russia is as bold an operation as they come, particularly when put in the broader context of military history. It difficult to know, at this point, Ukraine’s intent for…

Among the most significant personnel changes of the Chinese Communist Party’s recent Third Plenum meeting are two that didn’t happen: Adm. Dong Jun, the country’s defense minister, was neither added to the Central Military…