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Hegseth celebrates National Guard in Washington ahead of July 4
Introduction: a Pentagon chief on treacherous political ground
ESSAY: Finland opens the door to NATO nuclear weapons — and Europe follows
We need to name what is actually happening: a series of countries on NATO's eastern flank — countries that once shared the conviction that…
OPEN LETTER: To the Czech Mi-24V — the Crocodile that learned to hunt Russian drones
I want to acknowledge something upfront: writing an open letter to a helicopter is an unusual choice, even for a journalist committed to finding…
TESTIMONY: SkyFall signs with Poland to unlock European funding for its combat drones
I want to be clear about what the SkyFall-BGK MoU is and is not. It is not a check. It is not a guarantee…
NARRATIVE: New Zealand sounds the alarm on Chinese military presence in the Pacific
There is something almost melancholy about reading New Zealand's security calculus shift in real time. This is a country that defined its foreign policy…
ESSAY: Zelensky leaves Dublin in urgency — what his departure says about war and peace
Ireland's neutrality debate is one of the more fascinating political dramas running in parallel with the Ukraine war. It is not a debate about…
PROFILE: China's supply chain security law — Beijing's new tool of coercion
I want to be precise about what this law does, because the word "coercion" gets thrown around too easily in geopolitical commentary. This is…
OPEN LETTER: Dear Xi Jinping — The Pentagon Just Blacklisted Your Best Companies
The Pentagon is not simply making a list. It is writing a narrative — the narrative that says Chinese civilian technology and Chinese military…
TESTIMONY: Sybiha Expects Air Defense Decisions at Ankara — And Ukraine Cannot Afford to Wait
There is a particular kind of courage in a diplomat who speaks plainly about existential needs in front of cameras that the whole world…