Key Developments

England vs Argentina in the World Cup: Remember the Falklands?

07/13/2026
By Kenneth Maxwell

This Wednesday, 15 July, 2026, Argentina faces England in the quarter-finals of the FIFA World Cup…

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The New Epoch: Why Old Questions Cannot Answer Today’s Strategic Reality

07/10/2026
By Robbin Laird

The post-Cold War order is over. Not weakened, not under stress, not in need of reform.…

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Ukraine’s “People’s Satellite”: Crowdfunded Intelligence and the Commercialization of Modern War

07/10/2026
By Robbin Laird

The war in Ukraine has become the most consequential laboratory for twenty-first-century warfighting since the Gulf…

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From Chokepoint to Corridor: MV-75 Cheyenne in the Defense of the GIUK Gap

07/09/2026
By Robbin Laird

The Greenland-Iceland-United Kingdom gap is not a legacy Cold War concept kept alive by strategic nostalgia.…

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The Iran War and the Chokepoint Reckoning: What CIMSEC’s Series Confirms About the Coming Naval Order

07/07/2026
By Robbin Laird

The Center for International Maritime Security has just closed out a two-week series on the U.S.-Iran…

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A Different Aircraft for a Different Fight: The CH-53K vs. CH-53E in Long-Range Raid Operations

07/06/2026
By Robbin Laird

The CH-53K King Stallion is a substantially better enabler of long-range raid operations than its predecessor,…

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Special Reports
Book Review
04/28/2026
The fifth edition of The United States Marines: A History by Edwin Howard Simmons and Lt. Col. Charles Patrick Neimeyer stands as the definitive single-volume chronicle of America's amphibious force-in-readiness. Spanning from the Continental Marines of 1775 through modern conflicts, this Naval...
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