Are the US Navy’s littoral combat ships useless?
The U.S. Navy commissioned its latest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LCS) over the weekend, despite the vessel’s expected short tenure...
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Chinese defense minister’s disappearance indicates power struggle, raises questions about CCP’s leadership
Editor's Note: This piece by Venus Upadhayaya features quotes by CSP Senior Fellow, Grant Newsham. Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu...
Mitt Romney’s four mistakes on aid to Ukraine
Republican Senator and former U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney responded to critics for the amount of U.S. assistance provided to...
Constitution Day 2023: Never forget what they died for
“Never forget what he died for.” Those were the words of grieving parents as they handed me a tiny black...
Xi’s leadership is in crisis; Now is the time to act
There is a growing body of evidence that indicates the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership is in freefall. If true,...
US Navy gives up the ghost on its failed ‘urban street fighter’
How do you build a ship without a mission? The littoral combat ship (LCS) is how. It could not carry...
The Chinese regime is in a legitimation crisis
The lasting economic downturn in China and the myriad social problems the Chinese regime confronts cannot be papered over by...
Why China is scared of the F-35 stealth fighter
China should fear the F-35: For many years, the American-made F-22 Raptor was internationally recognized as the world’s most powerful fighter....
Remember Benghazi – Especially the lies
Eleven years ago this morning I watched the dark blue and grey waters of the West African coastline illuminate with...
What Joe Biden gave America on 9/11
When it was announced that President Joe Biden would be breaking with more than two decades of tradition and not...
NATO learning hard lessons about its future in Ukraine
While the causes for war vary, inevitably a war becomes a testing ground for technology, battlefield tactics and strategy. The...
America’s M1 Abrams tank is getting a massive upgrade
Earlier this week, the U.S. Army announced it was no longer pursuing the System Enhancement Package v4 (SEPv4) for the...
Terrorism 22 years after 9/11: Local responders are vital as Federal Government flounders
I published this article two years ago and have re-published it today since it is even more relevant now. The...
Biden’s continuing failures of policy and men
President Biden’s presence at the G20 meeting in New Delhi provides a time to reflect on how much the position...
US, allies to rehearse airborne raid and train with tanks in Indonesia
Editor’s Note: This article by Seth Robson features quotes from CSP Senior Fellow, Grant Newsham. American, Indonesian and British paratroopers...
Three members of the Louisiana Public Service Commission punt on protecting our power grid from foreign threats
Whose side are they on? It would seem like common sense that foreign adversaries like China shouldn’t be allowed to...