Trump recognizes the threat of China on paper, but his strategy builds a doctrine whose sharpest, least cautious commitments ...

The Quad — the U.S., Japan, India and Australia — was conceived as a strategic coalition to uphold a “free and open Indo-Pacific,” a concept articulated by the late Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo ...

The following is the Dec. 23, 2025, Report to Congress on Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic ...

Instead of withdrawing from upholding international order, the Donald Trump administration should embrace a strategy of ...

The Vietnam War exposed the limits of traditional military doctrine in ways few conflicts before it had. Incredibly dense terrain, guerrilla tactics, and a prolonged fight forced rapid adaptation on ...

Military historians, professionals, and strategists attributed U.S. military victories in World Wars I and II to two basic ...

The 2025 National Security Strategy recasts naval power as an economic and industrial instrument, pushing the Navy toward ...

Irregular warfare (IW) seems to be a topic with an equal ability to generate enthusiasm, resistance, and confusion. While the ...

If adopted, the changes would fulfill Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s pledge to disrupt the status quo and slash the number ...

Planners today struggle to properly apply operational art in large scale war — and they don’t fully realize why. It takes something like firsthand ...

Whatever you think of the substance, the new National Security Strategy is different than all that has come before it. The Europe section is quite the ...

The White House recently released the 2025 National Security Strategy, outlining U.S. priorities for global engagement. This document emphasizes peace through strength, economic resilience, and ...