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Why June Is the Oil Market’s Point of No Return

Chip Usher

Why June Is the Oil Market’s Point of No Return

OPINION -- Two months into the U.S.-Iran war, the global oil market has shifted from shock to siege. The Strait of Hormuz — through which roughly 20 [...] More

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Getting Our Adversaries Out of Cuba Should be our Immediate Goal

Renee Pruneau Novakoff

Getting Our Adversaries Out of Cuba Should be our Immediate Goal

OPINION -- Since 1959, the U.S. and Cuban relationship has been defined by gray zone operations that have occasionally broken out into open [...] More

Renee Pruneau Novakoff

Corporate Cybersecurity Is the New Frontline of National Security

Dr. Dave Venable

Corporate Cybersecurity Is the New Frontline of National Security

OPINION -- For decades, national security was defined by geography: borders, terrain, and physical infrastructure shaped how nations defended [...] More

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Russia’s Victory Day Parade Signals Anything But Victory

Rob Dannenberg

Russia’s Victory Day Parade Signals Anything But Victory

Снявший голову, по волосам не плачут(When your head is cut off, you don’t cry about your hair)- Old Russian ProverbOPINION – Russia is readying for [...] More

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The Last Undefended Perimeter

Jennifer Ewbank

The Last Undefended Perimeter

Russia has industrialized cognitive warfare, producing synthetic media at scale through a modular system that targets soldiers, civilians, and [...] More

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Inside the Pentagon’s High-Stakes Nuclear Overhaul

Walter Pincus

Inside the Pentagon’s High-Stakes Nuclear Overhaul

“The unfortunate truth is that it's fallen to the lot of all of us to modernize the entire [U.S.] nuclear triad at once. Probably, in retrospect, we [...] More

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Human vs. Machine: Operational Realities from Ukraine’s Frontline

Candice Bryant

Human vs. Machine: Operational Realities from Ukraine’s Frontline

Dr. John Pennell

Human vs. Machine: Operational Realities from Ukraine’s Frontline

A global debate is underway over how much human involvement should be required when artificial intelligence is implemented in military operations. [...] More

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Why Abu Dhabi Walked Away from OPEC After Nearly 60 Years

Chip Usher

Why Abu Dhabi Walked Away from OPEC After Nearly 60 Years

When UAE Energy Minister Suhail al-Mazrouei announced Tuesday that Abu Dhabi is leaving OPEC – a cartel it has been a member of since 1967 – he [...] More

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Britain’s Antisemitism Crisis Is Now a National Security Threat

Nick Fishwick

Britain’s Antisemitism Crisis Is Now a National Security Threat

There has been yet another terrorist attack targeting Britain’s Jewish community. This time, two Jewish men were stabbed on Wednesday in Golders [...] More

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Pakistan’s Terror Landscape Continues to Threaten South Asia

Siddhant Kishore

Pakistan’s Terror Landscape Continues to Threaten South Asia

In March 2025, an elderly cleric with a long history in Pakistan’s jihadist circles stood before a gathering at Markaz-e-Taiba and called for “jihad [...] More

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Why the Navy’s Next Battleship Faces Major Hurdles

Walter Pincus

Why the Navy’s Next Battleship Faces Major Hurdles

“The Navy and Coast Guard need to demonstrate that the approach to these [shipbuilding] programs is not a short-term deviation followed by returning [...] More

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America Is Fighting the Wrong Drone War

Javid Ahmad

America Is Fighting the Wrong Drone War

Colin Clarke

America Is Fighting the Wrong Drone War

For two decades, U.S. drones hunting terrorists across the mountains of South Asia were the symbol of American military power: precise, lethal, and [...] More

Half Measures and Maximum Risk in Iran

Harrison Kass

Half Measures and Maximum Risk in Iran

Over the past month, U.S. and Israeli operations have killed Iran’s senior leadership, destroyed over 155 naval vessels and roughly 300 ballistic [...] More

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