We can never have too many bases in the Pacific
Editor's Note: This piece by J.M. Phelps is based on conversation with CSP Senior Fellow Grant Newsham Satellite imagery recently...
Defense
US and NATO lack capability to supply a long war
As weapons inventories dwindle, there’s little chance the West today can build a surge hardware-making capacity The long and short...
Are the US Navy and Iran headed for a showdown?
U.S. Navy officials reported that three Iranian attack craft harassed two U.S. ships in the Strait of Hormuz on June 20. In...
North Korea and Iran: The military alliance that America fears
The Islamic Republic of Iran and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea share a long history of military and strategic cooperation. While Pyongyang and...
Yes, Israel has submarines armed with nuclear weapons (we think)
At the beginning of the year, Israel announced its plan to purchase three Dakar-class diesel-electric submarines for $3.4 billion dollars. Israeli media...
The real threat from Russia’s new nuclear demands in Vienna
Moscow has the most to gain from Tehran’s new demands surrounding the final stages of the revived nuclear agreement. The...
US-South Korea ties: Focus on economics as much as defense
On March 9, the Biden administration may have felt that it dodged a bullet when conservative Yoon Suk-yeol was elected...
51 percent of Americans believe the world is less stable since President Biden took office
Editor’s note: The Center for Security Policy gratefully acknowledges its collaboration with tippinsights on the simultaneous and exclusive release of this important...
US-Japan marines training should move towards bilateral warfighting capabilities
The joint training taking place in Camp Fuji sends out the message that the US and Japan are doing what’s...
Japanese, US marines practice airborne assaults in sign of deepening cooperation
Editor's note: Center Senior Fellow Grant Newsham was quoted in this piece by Reuters TOKYO, March 15 (Reuters) - In...
Washington’s policy failure in Ukraine
The Biden administration seems to have thought it could scare the Russians away from Ukraine, so refused, on principle, to...
How do we ‘de-woke’ the US military?
I spent 33 years in the uniform of the U.S. military. I remember my first duty weekend with the Washington...
Defending Taiwan: Hardware alone isn’t enough
Sometimes one thinks Taiwan’s defense is just a question of hardware. Buy or build this-and-that weapon in the right quantities,...
Don’t forget Qatar’s role in bringing us 70,000 unvetted Afghan refugees
Last year, when the Biden administration undertook to remove the remaining American forces that had been bolstering the government and...
How ISIS is violently expanding across Africa
ISIS’ modus operandi—securing and metamorphosing pre-existing militant groups to serve as conduits for terror—has proven to be a successful strategy...
How the US is its own worst enemy
Editor's Note: This story is being reposted from May of 2014 A story I know to be true, because I...