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The Arctic Front: Kremlin Propagandists Threaten To Nuke Norway Sep. 03, 2025
On Aug. 24, Kremlin propagandist Vladimir Solovyov threatened Norway with nuclear annihilation. I d... Read More
Hiroshima's Cloud and the Ukraine Ceasefire Deadline Aug. 06, 2025
The 80th anniversaries of the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki provide an instructive m... Read More
Trump's Ukraine: 'I Am on Humanity's Side' Jul. 16, 2025
On July 15, according to X (formerly Twitter), a reporter on the White House lawn asked, "Are you on... Read More
Trump Learned the Lessons of Iraq Jun. 27, 2025
President Donald Trump has finally moved the United States past the traumas of the Iraq War. With th... Read More
Iran: A Ticking Nuclear Bomb Jun. 26, 2025
I wrote this in January 2006. This is an excerpt. Iranian President Mahmoud "the-Holocaust-is-a-my... Read More
When Seeking Peace, Don't Release the Dogs of War Jun. 20, 2025
You know it's true: Giving in to a bully only encourages them to increase their demands. Most of us ... Read More
On Iran, Democrats -- Except Fetterman -- Have Gone Underground Jun. 19, 2025
When it comes to criticizing President Donald Trump — and refusing to give credit for virtuall... Read More
Let US Bombs Destroy Iran's Fordow Uranium Plant -- Not Israeli Nukes Jun. 18, 2025
The Israel-Iran War Over Nuclear Weapons could end with a nuclear blast. Why have a reluctant Washin... Read More
New Model Trojan Horse: Ukraine's Drones Jun. 04, 2025
Bravo to Ukraine for its "New Model Trojan Horse." Homer's Greek warriors slipped from a wooden hors... Read More
India-Pakistan: Terror, Nukes and Reunion? May. 07, 2025
In a column written this past February, I listed four unsettled wars "frozen" under a nuclear shadow... Read More
Decoupling, Reshoring and Restoring US Defense Apr. 23, 2025
In a column published June 12, 2019, I wrote, "I think 50 years from now, historians will argue that... Read More
War Beyond Geostrategy Apr. 16, 2025
Our murky, blood-soaked moment in time demands a new look at geopolitics — specifically, what ... Read More
Ukraine's Collision of Truths Mar. 05, 2025
During his remarkable March 4 address to Congress, President Donald Trump said this about his effort... Read More
Privatized Sea Security Sees a New Wave of Interest Feb. 26, 2025
The 21st century may well be the new age of privateers — armed commercial sailors fighting pir... Read More
Deep State and Big Debt: America's Self-Inflicted Strategic Threat Feb. 19, 2025
The political hacks opposing the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are laughable — un... Read More
New Gaza as Condos, Not Shell Holes Feb. 05, 2025
The Great 21st-Century Creative Strategic Thinker (Donald Trump, aka, The Great Disruptor) wants to ... Read More
Strategic Challenges 2025: Petrarch, Nukes, Anarchy and Debt Jan. 01, 2025
In January 2022, I wrote my first formal annual Strategic Challenges column — a quick assessme... Read More
The Next Pearl Harbor: Close-In Drone Swarm Attacks Launched From US Soil? Dec. 25, 2024
The Great Drone Hysteria first afflicted New Jersey and New York — with maybes from Maryland a... Read More
The Obama Doctrine Is Dead Dec. 20, 2024
The Obama Doctrine is as dead as Yahya Sinwar. And the world is better off in both cases. While the ... Read More
National Security Considerations Demand Exceptions Be Made Oct. 30, 2024
In a recent post discussing shifting U.S. domestic political views, John Hinderaker of Powerlineblog... Read More
