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Americas

Merging Commands Is Easier Than Merging Cultures: T2COM’s Real Integration Challenge

Reorganization is easy; cultural integration isn't. If T2COM's leaders don't manage it deliberately, the hierarchy will do it for them.
Asia Pacific

Allies by Necessity: Japan, South Korea, and the Case for Defense Industrial Partnership

Japan and South Korea will compete in arms exports, but the threats they share make rivalry without coordination self-defeating.
Commentary

We Can’t Stop a Russian Tanker in the Channel. What Chance Do We Have in Space?

The UK can track threats in orbit, but without rapid response and resilient systems, space vulnerabilities may become strategic failures.
Americas

What US Troop Cuts in Germany Mean for the ROK-US Alliance

US troop cuts in Germany raise new questions for the ROK-US alliance, burden-sharing, deterrence, and Indo-Pacific strategy.
Americas

Indonesia Shows Where US Defense Partnerships Are Falling Short

The US is building broad defense partnerships in Southeast Asia, but Indonesia reveals the limits of cooperation without alignment.
Commentary

Russia Will Still Be a Threat When the Guns Go Quiet

Ending the Ukraine war on current terms risks improving Russia’s future warfighting capacity faster than it improves European security.
Americas

Defense Programs Follow Industrial Investment — And Brazil Is Next

Brazil’s entry into NATO supply chains shows that manufacturing presence now determines who wins future defense programs.
Air

Beating Stealth Without Stealth: How South Korea Can Blunt China’s J-20 Surge

South Korea can blunt China’s J-20 stealth advantage not by matching stealth aircraft, but by using networked detection, IRST-equipped fighters, and long-range missiles.
Commentary

The Iran War’s Impossible Objectives

The Iran war is producing more military pressure than either side can convert into a meaningful political victory.
Americas

Trump’s Hormuz Ultimatum: A Trap the US Can’t Escape

Trump’s Hormuz ultimatum traps the US in a no-win situation by tying credibility to an outcome military force can’t deliver.
Asia Pacific

Why ASEAN Can’t Secure the South China Sea Alone

South China Sea security cannot be handled by ASEAN alone or by external powers alone but it requires a coordinated, layered approach combining both.
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Commentary

Satellite Data Is Easier to Steal Than Ever. What’s the Solution?

Satellite communications are inherently exposed, and governments need to stop treating that as a technical issue and start managing it as a strategic risk.
Asia Pacific

Why India Quietly Prefers a Weaker Iran Over Regime Change

India quietly prefers a weakened but stable Iran, fearing regime change could shift regional power toward Pakistan and deepen instability.
Americas

Industrial Density: The New Battlefield in Latin American Vehicle Procurement

In Latin America, military vehicle contracts are increasingly decided by industrial integration, not just price or performance.
Americas

Don’t Turn Kharg Island Into America’s Next Quagmire

A US landing on Iran’s main oil terminal would turn a fast air campaign into a fixed defensive slog with no clear exit.
Commentary

Deterrence Re-Imagined: The Rising Role of the Deep Precision Strike

Without credible deep conventional strike capabilities, Europe risks being unable to deter aggression that falls short of nuclear war.
Commentary

Israel’s Next Strategic Rival: The Saudi–Turkish Alliance

What could reshape Israel’s qualitative military edge is not a new alliance against it, but a Saudi–Turkish defense industry built beyond the Washington's control.
Americas

Why a Strike on Iran Won’t Stay Limited

A “limited strike” on Iran is unlikely to remain limited because the political ceiling that once constrained escalation is eroding.
Americas

Is Canada’s Artillery Modernization Headed for the Same Pitfalls as the F-35?

Canada risks repeating the F-35 mistake: its artillery requirements are shaping the winner before the competition even begins.
Americas

How Washington Is Turning Security Into a Manufacturing Strategy

Washington is turning security into a factory line: influence is measured in weapons, supply chains, and industrial output, not diplomacy or ideals.
Africa

AFRICOM on the Chopping Block: What a Pentagon Rethink Means for Africa

Dissolving AFRICOM would signal a US retreat from Africa, ceding influence to China and Russia and accelerating authoritarianism at the expense of security and democracy.
Commentary

Why Nuclear Deterrence No Longer Secures Europe

As Europe’s security threats shift toward hybrid warfare and strategic ambiguity, reliance on nuclear deterrence alone is proving increasingly inadequate.
Commentary

The US and Iran Are Sliding Toward a Dangerous Crossroads

Escalation is becoming the default outcome of US–Iran relations unless the underlying pressures shaping both sides’ behavior are addressed.
Americas

Trump and Greenland Aren’t the Shock — Europe’s Dependence Is

Greenland is not the shock. Europe’s dependence on the United States and its selective principles are.
Asia Pacific

Japan’s Pacifist Illusion: Why Article 9 No Longer Works

Japan’s postwar pacifist constitution, specifically Article 9, has become a strategic liability in today’s security environment.
Americas

What Washington Will Really Ask About a South Korean SSN

The US will only embrace a South Korean nuclear-powered attack submarine that clearly strengthens alliance undersea power while staying within the hard limits of politics, law, and industrial capacity.
Commentary

Iraq’s Militias Aren’t Disarming. They’re Buying Time

Iraq’s militias aren’t disarming, they’re staging a show to buy time while keeping real control of weapons, power, and parallel networks.
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