The armada the U.S. has assembled in the Caribbean is more formidable than anything the region has seen in decades. What is ...

The Pentagon is waging war against its own acquisition bureaucracy. In a sweeping speech on Friday, Secretary of War Pete ...

The Future of Espionage and the Battle to Save AmericaBy: Anthony Vinci/ Henry Holt and CompanyReviewed by: Glenn S. GerstellThe Reviewer : Cipher Brief Expert Glenn S. Gerstell is a Principal with ...

Zohran Mamdani, a Ugandan-born New York State Assembly member, was just elected Mayor of New York City, the largest city in the U.S. We in the U.S. take this for granted that a naturalized U.S.

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Russia’s Short-lived Victory over Totalitarianism By Mikhail Zygar, ScribnerThe Reviewer —Jean-Thomas Nicole is a Policy Advisor with Public Safety Canada. The opinions expressed are those of the ...

Foreign states are arming rival militias in Sudan, fueling one of the world's worst humanitarian crises and reshaping the ...

President Trump’s comments about restarting U.S. nuclear testing sparked confusion in Washington and Moscow alike. Walter Pincus explains the difference between subcritical research and full-scale ...

The Russian invasion of Ukraine that began in January 2022 is now approaching its fourth year. The cost for Ukraine has been very high, but the cost for Russia has been astronomical. Russian forces ...

AI-driven drone swarms are no longer science fiction. Militaries in Ukraine, China, and the U.S. are racing to develop autonomous drones that coordinate attacks without human input—redefining warfare, ...