From Leipzig to Abqaiq: Why Drone Defense Is Now a Whole-of-State Problem
U.S. gaps in drone defense, highlighted by retired Rear Admiral Mark Montgomery, raise questions about the…
Read More »How the Adversary Reads the Impact Force
In a recent Defense News opinion piece, Lyle Goldstein surveys Chinese-language assessments of Marine Corps posture…
Read More »Confident Enough to Disagree: What NATO 3.0 Can Learn from How the Cold War Ended
Near the end of his Ditchley Foundation Annual Lecture on September 16, 2026, NATO Secretary General…
Read More »MUMS-14 and the Impact Force: Closing the Gap Steel Knight Exposed
On June 16, 2026, under a covered pavilion at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, the…
Read More »Insourcing versus Integration: Toyota, BYD, and Two Roads to the Global Market
In a recent Defense.info piece, “BYD, Batteries, and the Architecture of Dependence,” I looked at BYD…
Read More »NATO 3.0 and the Unfinished Pillar: What Rutte Did Not Say at Ditchley
When NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte delivered the Ditchley Foundation’s 62nd Annual Lecture on September 16,…
Read More »Building Depth: How Indo-Pacific Allies Are Hardening for a Long Contest
The headlines in the Indo-Pacific tend to focus on the visible: carrier movements, missile tests, coast…
Read More »NATO 3.0 and the Long Road to a European Pillar
On September 16, 2026, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte delivered the Ditchley Foundation’s 62nd Annual Lecture…
Read More »Blind, Burn and Blast: Lessons for Today’s Department of War
The fighting concept known as “blind ’em, burn ’em, blast ’em” was a practical assault technique…
Read More »Putin’s Choice: How The Global War in Ukraine Explains Sikorski’s Kaliningrad Gambit
On September 11, 2026, at the Yalta European Strategy conference in Kyiv, Polish Foreign Minister Radosław…
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