President Donald Trump is attempting to play the role of the grand architect, and he is doing so with the same appetite for systemic overhaul that defined the Post-World War II Settlement.
By Adele Rutherford ·
When you’re on the flight line, you don’t want the enemy knowing your fuel state, your payload, or where your blind spots are.
By Grant Colby ·
The notion that America remains the indispensable guarantor of stability in the Middle East—a comforting fiction sold to both Congressmen and foreign capitals alike—is finally…
By Emilio Quesada ·
I was growing up in Newell, Iowa, where the biggest political drama we ever saw involved whether the county could afford to fix the potholes on Main Street before harvest.
By Ruth Behrens ·
The operational tempo required to maintain sustained power projection in contested waters is staggering, yet the return home—the supposed moment of respite—is proving to be another failure point.
By Nikhil Raghavan ·
The dismissal of Erik Slavin, editor-in-chief of Stars and Stripes, alongside publisher Max Lederer and reporter Lara Korte, is not a mere personnel dispute; it is the visible…
By Klaus Berger ·
The current geopolitical theater surrounding Iran and the Strait of Hormuz reads like an exercise in pure, unconstrained rhetoric.
By Nikhil Raghavan ·
When you are running a seed dealership, or keeping the books for a struggling Main Street hardware store, you understand that every disruption has a cost—a concrete number in…
By Ruth Behrens ·
The mechanisms of modern conflict policy are often best understood by observing what breaks when the cameras turn off and the classified reports surface.
By Nikhil Raghavan ·
The American military has always treated its commitment to the Middle East as an immutable fact—a load-bearing wall that cannot be removed, regardless of cost or fatigue.
By Emilio Quesada ·
You read about the USS Abraham Lincoln, and you are not meant to feel the Atlantic spray or hear the thrum of an aircraft catapult. You are meant to feel the cold dread of institutional failure.
By Aoife Gallagher ·
Wall Street, as usual, is having a good day—a day built on spreadsheets and narrative convenience.
By Ray Dombrowski ·
The headlines are all about a trilateral pact signed in Mecca. Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan—three major players, three different economies, and now bound by the Makkah Joint Defense Agreement.
By Ray Dombrowski ·
The persistent narrative emanating from Washington—that America possesses a "deep arsenal" capable of executing any strategic goal, as Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell stated…
By Klaus Berger ·
The most enduring feature of geopolitical conflict—whether in the South China Sea or over Kyiv—is not the grand strategic narrative spun by Washington’s talking heads, but the…
By Nikhil Raghavan ·
The language used to describe global flashpoints has become exhausting. It’s always about "deals," always about "solutions" that sound suspiciously like power plays dressed up in diplomatic silk.
By Imani Sutton ·