On Dec. 4, the Trump administration released a new National Security Strategy. The strategy strikes a notably different tone than previous national ...
Since the release of the U.S. 28-point draft peace plan in late November, many officials and observers have suggested that a ...
This is the second in a series exploring the modernization of defense manufacturing. Please also read the first: “The ...
Western militaries are still arguing over what “autonomy” means while Russia and China are already building machines that don’t need GPS, data links, or ...
This is the first article in a two-part series exploring additive manufacturing. The Pentagon has poured unprecedented funds ...
Planners today struggle to properly apply operational art in large scale war — and they don’t fully realize why. It takes something like firsthand ...
What happens when the United States tries to build a missile shield so ambitious that Russia and China start dreaming up weapons that no defense can stop?
The Russo-Ukrainian War has elevated the global importance of the Black Sea region and demonstrated the wide-ranging impacts ...
Since joining NATO in 2024, Sweden has taken on a more prominent role in European security. Swedish Defense Minister Pål Jonson joined Ryan in Washington ...
At sunrise in the Pacific, a fighter jet rolled to the end of the flight line as crew chiefs swarmed in final checks. Everything pointed to “ready.” Then a small crack was spotted — a hole that needed ...
Foreign policy communities in open societies love to debate their own relevance. Analysts quarrel over whether their insights inform statecraft or merely decorate it, and governments alternately ...