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Churchill once demanded, “Take this pudding away — it has no theme!” U.S. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle’s new Fighting Instructions presents ...
After the Gulf War’s air campaign concluded in February 1991, U.S. commanders were confident that airpower had destroyed the bulk of Iraq’s Republican ...
The war with Iran has prompted many questions about what comes next. Will the Islamic Republic regime survive? What could ...
No one is thinking if everyone is thinking alike.” Gen. George S. Patton’s quip shows that he not only understood the advantage of audacious combat ...
An alliance is only as credible as the runway it can repair under fire. The Pentagon’s latest National Defense Strategy ...
The United States did not enter the war with Iran because it was attacked or was about to be attacked. It seems to have entered after concluding that once ...
In early March 2026, U.S. Central Command confirmed the first U.S. fatalities of the Iran conflict. A drone strike at Port ...
Why is Southeast Asia becoming more vulnerable to nuclear risk even as it remains formally non-nuclear? Southeast Asia’s ...
Advanced violence is democratizing.  AI, in conjunction with dramatic improvements in robotics, energy production, and ...
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To analyze a war accurately, one must apply an analytical framework suited to its actual character. This requirement is ...