There is an intellectual war being waged within the United States Marine Corps. It centers on Force Design 2030, a force structure and mission reform that has pitted recent and current Marine leadersh

Earlier this month, the hashtag #trumpisdead went viral on X, and the term “TRUMP DIED” earned millions of likes and views online. Anonymous left-wing social media accounts likely planted

We summarize the general observations developed by The Dupuy Institute in a quantitative review of the outcomes of 60 insurgencies since World War II.  We then apply the resulting principles to t

A small group of mid-tier defense firms is delivering on major aerospace programs The Pentagon wants its mid-tier aerospace companies back. Once upon a time, during the Reagan buildup of the 1980s, th

As if the world needed more drama, the appearance of Chinese President Xi Jinping alongside Russia’s Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un at a recent military parade in Beijing has

Earlier this month, the hashtag #trumpisdead went viral on X, and the term “TRUMP DIED” earned millions of likes and views online. Anonymous left-wing social media accounts likely planted

We summarize the general observations developed by The Dupuy Institute in a quantitative review of the outcomes of 60 insurgencies since World War II.  We then apply the resulting principles to t

As if the world needed more drama, the appearance of Chinese President Xi Jinping alongside Russia’s Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un at a recent military parade in Beijing has

A small group of mid-tier defense firms is delivering on major aerospace programs The Pentagon wants its mid-tier aerospace companies back. Once upon a time, during the Reagan buildup of the 1980s, th

Armies hold the key to credible deterrence in the Indo-Pacific because they form the backbone of regional security networks and are harder for China to neutralise, according to a former commanding gen

A major new research project published by the LowyInstitute says yes – but there’s more to the story. Over the past couple of years, a consensus among analysts and scholars has emerged: ex

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China is clearly thinking ambitiously about long-range power projection with autonomous aircraft. Pictures have emerged of large new Chinese uncrewed aircraft of a configuration remarkably like the U

Eighty years ago, U.S. Marines stormed ashore at Iwo Jima a battle that became immortalized with a statue in Arlington Cemetery. Seventy-Five years ago, they took Inchon in the last great amphibious o

Have we arrived at a turning point in America, where our foreign and domestic threats have converged? It appears that Tehran has spun an intricate strategy to threaten the homeland, Americans as well

Executive Summary: By 2035, artificial intelligence (AI) will underpin practically all sectors of the economy and society, according to recent plans from policy planners in Beijing. The upcoming 15

During the 1990s, growth in the employment of Special Operations Forces led to a commensurate explosion in demand for capacity and capability of Army Special Operations Aviation.  To meet this de

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