Category: Defense
47 Articles
- Defense
- Technology
Nuclear Detonations in Space: Reducing Risks to Low Earth Orbit Satellites
On July 9, 1962, just after 11 PM, the dark, cloudy summer night above Honolulu turned to day for six minutes. A brilliant flash lit up the sky, shifting from green to yellow to…
November 5, 2024
- Defense
- East Asia & Indo-Pacific
Fortifying Mount Fuji: Obstacles and Opportunities for U.S.-Japan Defense-Industrial Integration
During Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s recent state visit in April 2024, the White House released a visionary joint statement on deepening U.S.-Japan…
May 9, 2024
- Defense
The Case for U.S. Homeland Ballistic Missile Defense Against North Korea
The United States has long maintained that it can defend the homeland against limited North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) strikes. The 2022 Missile…
May 2, 2024
- Defense
- Technology
From Sling and Stone to Autonomous Drone? Key Questions for Determining Whether Autonomy Favors Davids or Goliaths
Suppose that the year is 2035 and America is engaged in counterinsurgency operations in the Middle East: would autonomous drones favor the insurgents or counterinsurgents?…
April 17, 2024
- Defense
- Europe & Central Asia
Giving Dracula Some Teeth: Modernizing Romania’s Military
Romania has been affected by the dramatically deteriorated security situation in Europe, precipitated primarily by the specter of Russian imperialism. The first Russian…
March 23, 2024
- Defense
Rearming at Sea: Yesterday’s Necessity
Mounting crises across the Middle East, Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine, and the growing challenge of credibly deterring the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in the…
March 21, 2024
- Defense
Why U.S.-U.K. Nuclear Cooperation is More Important than Ever
With the risk of nuclear escalation at its most significant since the Cold War, the 1958 U.S.-U.K. Mutual Defense Agreement (MDA) will expire at the end of…
March 20, 2024
- Defense
Out of Depth: Strengthening American Conventional Deterrence by Expanding Magazine Depth
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine underscores a dire reality–conventional military conflicts are resurging globally without prospects for abatement. The deterioration of the…
January 27, 2024
- Defense
- Europe & Central Asia
Breaking the Ice: The Prospect of a Joint Nordic Military
In March 2023, leaders of the Nordic air forces of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland signed a joint declaration to integrate their collective air forces in the…
January 18, 2024
- Defense
- East Asia & Indo-Pacific
Impossible to Break: Strengthening Deterrence in the Indo-Pacific with AUKUS
Announced in September 2021, AUKUS is a trilateral security partnership between the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom. The ‘big ticket’ is’…
December 29, 2023