Indo-Pacific
Power balances, maritime competition, deterrence, and flashpoints across the Indo-Pacific.
143 Dispatches
Falling Russians, India's Balancing Act, and the Sahel's Shifting Alliances
Russia's wave of fatal high-rise falls, India's pivot between China and Washington, Mali courting the US, and Ghana's Bawku crisis under the JNIM shadow.
The Saudi-Pakistan Defense Pact: A Mutual Defense Deal Already in Doubt
Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed a mutual defense pact in September. Months later, a nuclear question, an Islamic NATO debate, and an uninvoked clause cloud its future.
The Blueprint for a Second Korean War: How an Invasion of South Korea Could Unfold
A detailed analysis of how a renewed Korean War might start, the forces each side fields, the superpowers that would intervene, and the phases of an invasion.
Did America Just Create a Secret New Military Branch? Inside the Pentagon's $54.6 Billion DAWG Program
A little-known Pentagon program called DAWG just requested $54.6 billion, a sum that points to a standalone US drone force in the making.
The Situation Room: China, Japan, Syria, Sudan, and the Logic of the Trump Doctrine
A wide-angle analysis of a China-Japan war, Syria after Assad, the El-Fasher massacre, the Trump Doctrine, Mexico's cartels, and nuclear landmines.
China's Wa State, Russia's Sahel Collapse, Colombia's Slide, and the ISIS Comeback
Four flashpoints converge in 2025: China's Wa State proxy in Myanmar, Wagner's Sahel exit, Colombia's security crisis, and an ISIS resurgence in Iraq and Syria.
South Korea: The Disruptor Reshaping the Global Balance of Power
How South Korea's arms-export boom, deepening US and Japan ties, and surging defense industry are turning a peninsula state into a global power broker.
The Taiping Rebellion: The Christian Cult That Tried to Conquer China
How Hong Xiuquan, the self-proclaimed brother of Jesus, sparked the Taiping Rebellion, a 14-year civil war that killed tens of millions in Qing China.
The Porcupine Strategy: How Taiwan Plans to Survive a Chinese Invasion
Inside Taiwan's deterrence doctrine, the Overall Defense Concept, and the war games that reveal what survival against a Chinese invasion would actually cost.
The Art of War: Carrier Warfare
How the aircraft carrier rewrote naval combat, the battles that defined it, and whether ship-killer missiles will render it obsolete.
Trump's 2025 National Security Strategy: Why America's Allies Are Terrified
An analysis of Trump's 2025 National Security Strategy, the Monroe Doctrine revival, burden-shifting in Europe, and why allies from Ottawa to Brussels are alarmed.
America's Foreign Aid Freeze and China's Fusion Gamble: Two Shifts in the Global Balance
How a total US foreign aid freeze ripples through conflict zones worldwide, and why a giant Chinese fusion facility in Mianyang carries nuclear weapons implications.