National Security
The goalposts of the Iran war keep shifting
The U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran that began over the weekend is shaping up to be a serious regional war. Iran has not only fired back at U.S. troops but has fired at countries that host them. The Pentagon has acknowledged four…
Trump Gives Glimpse of Success During Iran Strikes–So Far
By afternoon Sunday, the U.S. and Israeli strikes against Iran sunk nine Iranian ships and took out dozens of Iranian leaders, President Donald Trump announced. “I have just been informed that we have destroyed and sunk 9…
Hegseth Pronounces ‘Wokeness’ Dead in US Military
CAMDEN, Ark.—Secretary of War Pete Hegseth toured key weapons manufacturing facilities on Friday and delivered a message of U.S. military “dominance” as a military operation against Iran appears to grow increasingly likely.…
Rubio’s Speech Signals a Reckoning for the UN
Much has been said about Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s landmark speech at the Munich Security Conference last week. It was a confident and unapologetic defense of the economic, defense, and political ties that underpin the…
‘Serious’ Talks Between US and Iran End With No Deal Announced
Negotiations between representatives of the United States and Iran concluded without a nuclear deal on Thursday, with another round of talks scheduled for next week. Thursday’s negotiations were “one of the most serious and…
Anthropic, the Pentagon, and the Defense Production Act
Prof. Alan Rozenshtein (Minnesota) has a very interesting item on this today at Lawfare; I'm not an expert on the subject, so I can't offer an independent evaluation, but I thought it was worth passing along. (Let…
Iran Accuses Trump Administration of Spreading ‘Big Lies’
The Trump administration is employing “Nazi” propaganda tactics to spread “big lies” about the Iranian regime, a senior Iranian official claimed one day before scheduled nuclear negotiations between the two governments.…
Xi Urges Trump Use ‘Extreme Caution’ Regarding Taiwan
China’s Xi Jinping warned President Donald Trump to use “extreme caution” regarding arms sales to Taiwan, in a phone call between the two leaders. Taiwan was one of more than half a dozen topics Trump and Xi discussed…
Canada Should Warm to Trump’s Arctic Plans
President Donald Trump’s Arctic strategy has been 500 years in the making. When Christopher Columbus set sail across the Atlantic in 1492, he intended to find a direct path from Europe to Asia. He didn’t, of course—but the…
Trump administration plans to ban popular Chinese-made Wi-Fi routers
President Joe Biden signed the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act into law in 2024. Citing potential national security concerns, the law required the social media app TikTok to either…
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