On Sept. 2, 1945, Japan surrendered, launching an era of alliances and trade. Now, with memories of the war fading, so is the consensus on how to avoid a repeat.

His military-education reforms seem designed to ensure fighting men can’t think and thinking men can’t fight.

The Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI) is establishing a European Think Tank Office in Kyiv through the Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies (SCEEUS). This Office will serve a...

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Developments Along the Northeastern Front

Fighting for their country: How proximate conflict shapes citizens’ attitudes

The West should not be fooled by any “gestures of good will” coming from Moscow. They are always calculated to influence the information space in Russia’s favor.

Why military strategy no longer delivers victory.

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Success in great-power competition requires rigorous and unsentimental net assessment. Yet the American estimation of China has lurched from one extreme to the other. For decades, Americans registered...

Mass has long been a cornerstone of military strategy. Traditionally defined as the concentration of combat power at a decisive point to overwhelm the adversary, this principle remains as relevant to ...

An secret memo from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth focuses on deterring China’s seizure of Taiwan and shoring up homeland defense. The guidance mimics language of a report from the conservative think ...

JD Vance in Greenland

Political uncertainty doesn’t change the critical need for alliance forces to practice warfighting together.

In ten dramatic shifts, the president has declared independence from the global system that America made.

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“We’re at a moment in time where everything is important, we’re lacking everything, and so we have to be quite astute,” said French Adm. Pierre Vandier.

With the US no longer serving as a reliable defence partner, Europe must step up to provide support to Ukraine and address its own dependencies on the US.

A focus on the Asia-Pacific region and China as chief focuses for the U.S. military going forward could mean a reduction in troops serving in Europe, and drastic spending cuts for the Army.

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Statement in Support of Establishing a Nordic Caucus at the International Studies Association (ISA) I support the establishment of a new Nordic Caucus (NOCA) at the International Studies Association (...

By the June 2025 NATO Summit in The Hague, European allies must make real progress in taking on more of the defense burden on the continent.

A new force is being marshalled to take on the Kremlin’s men

Check out this great listen on Audible.com. Russia's 2022 attack on Ukraine saw confrontation between Moscow and the West spill over into open conflict once again. But Russia has also been waging a cl...

In a dugout near the front in Donetsk, the Guardian joins Ukrainian police officers turned pilots during a shift

Over the past 2 years, since the beginning of the full-scale war in Ukraine, there have been very few studies that have examined the war from the perspective of Russian military thinking. To be abl...

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