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Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat

Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat - 19FortyFive

In The Tragic Mind: Fear, Fate, and the Burden of Power, just out from Yale, Kaplan brings a bleak outlook drawn from Greek tragedy...

Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat - 19FortyFive

So Carl von Clausewitz, when properly understood, was right about how wars do or do not end. Even after a resounding triumph, it behooves...

Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat - 19FortyFive

Sad to say, but rhetoric alone is not enough. It seems things must get worse in the commercial world before they get better for...

Dr. James Holmes: The Naval Diplomat - 19FortyFive

F-35s could find themselves grounded for want of spare parts and kindred support. A supply shortage can knock a fighter jet out of the wild...

Smart Bombs

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

A video shared on social media captured the complete destruction of a Russian T-72B3 main battle tank (MBT) in Eastern Ukraine.

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

The fighting in Ukraine continues, and with every passing day, Russian society suffers more.  On day 438 of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Russian...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

The first of the highly anticipated Block V Virginia-class submarines are currently under construction in Groton, CT. The advanced warships are expected to represent a significant...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

NATO member state Norway is set to receive three Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II jet fighters to add to its arsenal this week.

Trillions

Trillions - 19FortyFive

Please don’t buy the hype; it’s a scam. Social media exists to collect and sell data and is long overdue for some more heavy-handed...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

Electric Vehicles will play an important role in America’s future. But it is critical to let the market sort that out with as little...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

Newsom – and the green movement in general – loves to pitch EV policy as the ultimate no-cost alternative to “dirty” energy sources such...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

Though firearms sales in April were down from the record highs of two years ago, it still marked the 45th month in a row...

The Embassy

The Embassy

Russia's next presidential election is scheduled for next year, and if Putin can even remain in office until that point, he may be forced...

The Embassy

An ISIS leader responsible for a 2021 bombing in Afghanistan that killed 13 U.S. service members and many Iraqi civilians was eliminated by the...

The Embassy

Rumors that Russian President Vladimir Putin would be ousted in an imminent coup have been percolating as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine drags on. The growing unpopularity of the...

The Embassy

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has prioritized fixing South Korea’s relationship with Japan. Can he make it happen?

Coronavirus

Coronavirus Chaos

Editor’s Note: As with all things COVID-19, we respect our author’s opinions and ideas on this issue – all of their ideas. With that...

Coronavirus Chaos

China’s dramatic shift from draconian restrictions to relaxed COVID-19 rules is likely to cause more economic disruptions than benefits. The poorly performing economy will...

Coronavirus Chaos

This was the year the word “tripledemic” entered the lexicon. That’s the term for the three different types of illnesses, COVID-19, flu, and RSV,...

Coronavirus Chaos

Perhaps as many as 90% of China’s 1.41 billion people will come down with COVID-19, said Feng Zijian, former deputy chief of China’s Center...

Politics News

Politics

The folly of the “Weaponization Subcommittee”’s report on the Hunter Biden letter: Rep. Jim Jordan’s committee is trying to make a massive political scandal...

Politics

Biden seems to be living up to the “Sleepy Joe” nickname, given due to the then vice president’s seeming lack of a vigorous campaign...

Politics

Donald Trump has an uncanny way to frame issues and to impugn his accusers as well as those witnesses supporting the opposing side.

Politics

Tucker Carlson appeared to announce Tuesday that he was bringing his show to Twitter. But Elon Musk denied that any such deal had been...

Hermit Kingdom

Hermit Kingdom

The North Korean threat is real. Pyongyang has proven in recent years that the DPRK intends to not only expand but modernize both its...

Hermit Kingdom

North Korea’s missile launches are in the headlines again, and a seventh nuclear test might be on the horizon. For most experts and pundits,...

Hermit Kingdom

Despite Biden’s best efforts with South Korea, the summit declaration merely puts a band-aid on a festering wound in the bilateral alliance. 

Hermit Kingdom

In recent days it has been reported in the Chosun Ilbo (one of South Korea’s most widely read daily newspapers) that if North Korea...