What is happening with Iran-North Korea cooperation in the aftermath of the U.S. strikes on Iran? What does it mean for the Axis of Upheaval? Joining Mark Lippert and Victor Cha to discuss this and ...

On June 22, 2025, the United States executed "Operation Midnight Hammer," where over 125 U.S. military aircraft targeted three Iranian nuclear facilities: Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan. The surprise ...

To reduce the risks relating to contested logistics in the Indo-Pacific, the U.S. Air Force should consider deepening maintenance and repair cooperation with Japan—leveraging its industrial strength ...

The DOD needs AI-enabled military capabilities to shore up deterrence and warfighting. Yet it lacks the tools to predict the accuracy and robustness of the algorithms powering such capabilities, ...

Efforts to counter Beijing across the globe, including countering Chinese military bases, need to prioritize consulting civil society in host countries. A sole focus on government is more fickle and ...

At the 2025 NATO Summit, allies pledged to raise defense spending to 5 percent of GDP. But spending targets alone ignore deeper issues. Europe must shift its focus to building capable, integrated ...

While Pillar I focuses on arming Australia with nuclear-powered and conventionally armed submarines, Pillar II coordinates cooperation on emerging and advanced technologies—key to maintaining military ...

The United States joined Israel in a coordinated strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, aiming to disrupt its path to a nuclear weapon. With Tehran weakened and its air defenses degraded, there may ...

The ongoing debate over the trade deficits ignores the U.S’s existing trade surplus in intellectual property (IP), which by channeling foreign revenue back to American inventors funds the next wave of ...

This edition of The Evening covers Nuclear Threat Eliminated, Trump Embraces NATO, Midnight Rider, and More.

NATO should establish a National Security Resources Board to integrate civilian and military power across member states—creating a short path to the deterrent capabilities needed to face emerging ...

The transatlantic defense industrial base has long been fragmented and inflexible. The NATO summit presents an opportunity to address key factors that keep arms sales, technology transfer, and defense ...