Commentary


  • Commentary: A Strategy for South China Sea
    Commentary: A Strategy for South China Sea

    The US-China relationship is entering a new phase. Beijing has become more confident, global and assertive. In a relationship that has unique cooperative and competitive elements, none will stress that relationship more than those concerning the South China Sea.

  • Commentary: The Power of Innovation
    Commentary: The Power of Innovation

    Recently, US Defense Secretary Ash Carter visited Silicon Valley hoping to help the nation’s capital tap the innovative spirit of the world’s digital capital. He met with Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, power-brunched with the financial seers at Andreessen Horowitz and lectured at Stanford.

  • Commentary: Reject Navy’s Budget Gimmick
    Commentary: Reject Navy’s Budget Gimmick

    Congressional defense appropriators and authorizers are engaged in an oversight food fight over the Ohio-class replacement program to acquire the next-generation ballistic missile submarine.

  • Editorial: Fund US Deterrent Programs
    Editorial: Fund US Deterrent Programs

    The US decision to move 250 tanks, armored personnel carriers and howitzers to the Baltics, Bulgaria, Germany, Poland and Romania is a welcome signal for NATO allies worried about Russia.

  • Commentary: Industrial Base 10 Years Out
    Commentary: Industrial Base 10 Years Out

    Little — virtually nothing — has been said about the way the budget over the next decade will shape the defense industry.

  • Commentary: Protecting Nuclear Sanity
    Commentary: Protecting Nuclear Sanity

    The threat of nuclear war between Russia and the West, long relegated to Cold War history, reappeared last year as the crisis in East-West relations escalated.

  • Editorial: Coordinate Parallel Efforts
    Editorial: Coordinate Parallel Efforts

    As is often the case in the run-up to a major air show, European nations have launched a high-profile industry initiative, in this case their latest effort to develop an alternative to US and Israeli remotely operated aircraft.

  • Commentary: Cyber Command as a 5-Year-Old
    Commentary: Cyber Command as a 5-Year-Old

    US Cyber Command recently celebrated its fifth year as the nation’s premier military cyber headquarters.

  • Commentary: Defend Freedom of Navigation
    Commentary: Defend Freedom of Navigation

    For the first time since the 1980s, the United States and the world are fixated on the right of freedom of navigation

  • Editorial: Weigh All Options, But Do No Harm
    Editorial: Weigh All Options, But Do No Harm

    Editorial: Weigh All Options, But Do No Harm

  • Commentary: A Strategy for South China Sea
    Commentary: A Strategy for South China Sea

    The US-China relationship is entering a new phase. Beijing has become more confident, global and assertive. In a relationship that has unique cooperative and competitive elements, none will stress that relationship more than those concerning the South China Sea.

  • Commentary: The Power of Innovation
    Commentary: The Power of Innovation

    Recently, US Defense Secretary Ash Carter visited Silicon Valley hoping to help the nation’s capital tap the innovative spirit of the world’s digital capital. He met with Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, power-brunched with the financial seers at Andreessen Horowitz and lectured at Stanford.

  • Commentary: Reject Navy’s Budget Gimmick
    Commentary: Reject Navy’s Budget Gimmick

    Congressional defense appropriators and authorizers are engaged in an oversight food fight over the Ohio-class replacement program to acquire the next-generation ballistic missile submarine.

  • Editorial: Fund US Deterrent Programs
    Editorial: Fund US Deterrent Programs

    The US decision to move 250 tanks, armored personnel carriers and howitzers to the Baltics, Bulgaria, Germany, Poland and Romania is a welcome signal for NATO allies worried about Russia.

  • Commentary: Industrial Base 10 Years Out
    Commentary: Industrial Base 10 Years Out

    Little — virtually nothing — has been said about the way the budget over the next decade will shape the defense industry.

  • Commentary: Protecting Nuclear Sanity
    Commentary: Protecting Nuclear Sanity

    The threat of nuclear war between Russia and the West, long relegated to Cold War history, reappeared last year as the crisis in East-West relations escalated.

  • Editorial: Coordinate Parallel Efforts
    Editorial: Coordinate Parallel Efforts

    As is often the case in the run-up to a major air show, European nations have launched a high-profile industry initiative, in this case their latest effort to develop an alternative to US and Israeli remotely operated aircraft.

  • Commentary: Cyber Command as a 5-Year-Old
    Commentary: Cyber Command as a 5-Year-Old

    US Cyber Command recently celebrated its fifth year as the nation’s premier military cyber headquarters.

  • Commentary: Defend Freedom of Navigation
    Commentary: Defend Freedom of Navigation

    For the first time since the 1980s, the United States and the world are fixated on the right of freedom of navigation

  • Editorial: Weigh All Options, But Do No Harm
    Editorial: Weigh All Options, But Do No Harm

    Editorial: Weigh All Options, But Do No Harm

  • Commentary: A Strategy for South China Sea
    Commentary: A Strategy for South China Sea

    The US-China relationship is entering a new phase. Beijing has become more confident, global and assertive. In a relationship that has unique cooperative and competitive elements, none will stress that relationship more than those concerning the South China Sea.

  • Commentary: The Power of Innovation
    Commentary: The Power of Innovation

    Recently, US Defense Secretary Ash Carter visited Silicon Valley hoping to help the nation’s capital tap the innovative spirit of the world’s digital capital. He met with Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, power-brunched with the financial seers at Andreessen Horowitz and lectured at Stanford.

  • Commentary: Reject Navy’s Budget Gimmick
    Commentary: Reject Navy’s Budget Gimmick

    Congressional defense appropriators and authorizers are engaged in an oversight food fight over the Ohio-class replacement program to acquire the next-generation ballistic missile submarine.

  • Editorial: Fund US Deterrent Programs
    Editorial: Fund US Deterrent Programs

    The US decision to move 250 tanks, armored personnel carriers and howitzers to the Baltics, Bulgaria, Germany, Poland and Romania is a welcome signal for NATO allies worried about Russia.

  • Commentary: Industrial Base 10 Years Out
    Commentary: Industrial Base 10 Years Out

    Little — virtually nothing — has been said about the way the budget over the next decade will shape the defense industry.

  • Commentary: Protecting Nuclear Sanity
    Commentary: Protecting Nuclear Sanity

    The threat of nuclear war between Russia and the West, long relegated to Cold War history, reappeared last year as the crisis in East-West relations escalated.

  • Editorial: Coordinate Parallel Efforts
    Editorial: Coordinate Parallel Efforts

    As is often the case in the run-up to a major air show, European nations have launched a high-profile industry initiative, in this case their latest effort to develop an alternative to US and Israeli remotely operated aircraft.

  • Commentary: Cyber Command as a 5-Year-Old
    Commentary: Cyber Command as a 5-Year-Old

    US Cyber Command recently celebrated its fifth year as the nation’s premier military cyber headquarters.

  • Commentary: Defend Freedom of Navigation
    Commentary: Defend Freedom of Navigation

    For the first time since the 1980s, the United States and the world are fixated on the right of freedom of navigation

  • Editorial: Weigh All Options, But Do No Harm
    Editorial: Weigh All Options, But Do No Harm

    Editorial: Weigh All Options, But Do No Harm