In his book on maritime power, To Rule the Waves, author Bruce Jones points out that, if the United States is to wage war with anyone other than Canada or Mexico, we need to do it with naval power. Ever…
In the past week, North Korea has launched hundreds of balloons bearing what North Korean officials claim to be 15 tonnes of trash. Their reason? To “let the South Koreans experience enough of how dirty it feels and how much…
The Pennsylvania-based U.S. Steel company recently agreed to be purchased by the Tokyo-headquartered publicly traded company Nippon Steel. This deal makes sense to economists. It will encourage other foreign companies to invest in the U.S., creating wealth and new job…
I’ve never been a fan of TikTok. Maybe it’s because I’m generally skeptical of social media (Yeah, I know, I’m a journalist. I’m in my early 20s. I grew up in the internet age. Call me an anomaly.); or perhaps…
In an important and timely essay in Foreign Affairs, the Naval War College’s Andrew Erickson, Gabriel Collins of Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, and Matt Pottinger, who served as President Trump’s Deputy National Security Adviser, invoke General Douglas…
Mercantilism 2.0, the economic manifestation of multipolarity, is streaking across the geostrategic firmament. The sun has set on globalization, the economic manifestation of a unipolar world order reflecting American primacy. The transition to a new economic order of the emerging…
Last weekend, the Biden administration discovered that U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was playing hooky in the intensive care unit at the Walter Reed hospital after he developed complications following a prostate surgery the president didn’t know about. On this…
As 2024 dawned last week, the Red Sea boiled. Iranian-sponsored Houthi terrorists targeted U.S. Navy vessels and commercial ships. Hamas’ war on Israel roared on. The Russia–Ukraine military quagmire festered. And a record 300,000 plus illegal aliens invaded America’s southern…
On the first of this month, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was hospitalized at Walter Reed Medical Center, necessitating intensive care and incapacitating him from his Pentagon duties for nearly an entire week. An incapacitated Secretary of Defense would be…
