The Lessons of the Versailles Treaty
The Treaty of Versailles was signed in Versailles, France, on June 28, 1919. Neither the winners nor the losers of World War I were happy […]
Deterrence
Swampy Washington Should Not Compound the F-35’s Failure
Mae West famously said that too much of a good thing can be wonderful. Well, Washington lawmakers seem determined to turn that logic on its […]
To Conquer Chaos, Court It
For all of the rhetoric about our supposed liberal international order, the world is more chaotic and unstable than it has been since World War […]
Washington Is Still Not Getting Space Force Right
At this year’s Space Symposium in Washington, D.C., Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan opened his remarks by indicating the United States government takes seriously […]
North Korea Has Probably Weaponized Space Already
Now that the rapprochement between the United States and North Korea appears to be on hold, the North Korean military threat will have to become […]
Trump Lost Nothing in Hanoi
When Donald J. Trump took office in January 2017, the outgoing Obama Administration national security team cautioned Trump’s transition team that North Korea was a […]
Space Force Takes One Step Forward, Two Back . . . Again
In the October 15, 2018 edition of Strategika I wrote: “Three cheers for President Trump’s decision to add a Space Force to the Navy, Marines, […]
America Is Not the Hapsburg Empire
For too long, America’s democratic globalist elite has behaved as though the United States were surrounded on all sides by vicious enemies, who could invade […]
The Wall: A Stumble Not a Surrender
Zealous political supporters of all stripes and in every walk of life spend an ungodly amount of time vainly trying to convince the rest of […]
Trump’s Syria Withdrawal Hinges on Turkey
Whether pulling the remaining U.S. troops from Syria turns out to be a bold and beneficial move or a stupid, harmful one depends on what […]
Will the Thin Red Line Save America from the Blue Wave?
If they do their duty in the next Congress beginning at noon on the third day of January, the 53 Republican members of the 116th […]
When Laws Are Not Enforced, Anarchy Follows
What makes citizens obey the law is not always their sterling character. Instead, fear of punishment—the shame of arrest, fines or imprisonment—more often makes us […]
The Military’s Most Important Role Is Border Defense
Our country has been thrust into a scene out of The Camp of the Saints: a large caravan of migrants organized in Honduras is streaming […]
Pesky Russian Agent Threatens Russia with Nukes
The long-running narrative of “collusion” between Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and Russian intelligence peddled by hack journalists and entitled former U.S. “intelligence” officials has […]
A New Era for the China-Russia-U.S. Triangle
Nearly a half-century ago, President Richard Nixon’s secretary of state, Henry Kissinger, established a successful U.S. strategy for dealing with America’s two most dangerous rivals. […]
Holding Turkey Accountable
The increasingly autocratic government of Turkey has lost its mind. Or, at least, it has returned to its historical form. Under Turkish strongman Recep Tayyip […]
The Bombs of August
On Aug. 6, 1945, the United States dropped a uranium-fueled atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Three days later, another U.S. Army Air Forces B-29 repeated […]
Confronting China: America Needs Japan, India, and Australia
When President Donald J. Trump was elected, one of his first decisions was to fulfill an early campaign promise: he abandoned the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement […]
War with Iran is Coming
In recent weeks, two seminal events have occurred that make war with Iran more likely. First, Iran (currently struggling with growing domestic unrest because of […]
Reforming NATO Is the Only Way to Save It
Donald Trump recently ignited yet another firestorm by hedging when asked whether protecting the newest NATO member, tiny Montenegro, might be worth risking a war. […]