NATO's Ankara Summit
NATO just wrapped up its 2026 summit in Ankara, Turkey. Over two days of meetings and other events, the leaders of the alliance's thirty-two member states discussed a range of issues and challenges fa...
10 Heinä 40min
Logistics, Landpower, and Large-Scale Combat
For years of military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, US Army forces, along with their joint and coalition counterparts, benefits from a logistics enterprise that ensured every supply need was met...
24 Kesä 55min
The Future of the All-Volunteer Force
In 1973, the US military took an enormously consequential step when it adopted an all-volunteer force model. That decision has produced the most professional, capable joint force in history. But it ha...
10 Kesä 58min
Putin’s Intelligence Services
Shortly after taking power in Moscow, Vladimir Putin began consolidating his authority over the Russian intelligence services that had long been deeply embedded in Russian and Soviet politics and a pe...
29 Touko 37min
The Weapons Defining the Iran Conflict
For more than a week, the United States and Israel have struck a wide range of targets in Iran with air and missile strikes. Iran’s response has included missile and drone attacks against targets in n...
11 Maalis 23min
The Iran Conflict's Strategic Dimension
What were the strategic calculations that drove the United States and Israel to launch a military operation aimed at a wide range of targets in Iran? And are the fundamental objectives of the two part...
8 Maalis 1h 5min
What to Make of the New National Defense Strategy
The United States has a new National Defense Strategy. Released about every four years, the document offers a window into the way senior defense officials view the global threat environment and identi...
31 Tammi 1h 22min
Analyzing Operation Absolute Resolve
Examined exclusively as a military operation, the US raid that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was a stunning success. In the course of just a few hours, the force package launched, accom...
13 Tammi 46min
