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Arms Sales Way Up – But Trump Wants More
The United States signed off on arms exports worth $192.3 billion over the past year, a full 13 percent increase from the previous year — even as the Trump administration keeps pushing hard to sell...
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Beyond INF: Countering Russia, Countering China (Analysis)
“Long-range precision fires… would provide us the capability (to) either, for example, support the Air Force by suppressing enemy air defenses at hundreds upon hundreds of miles or support the Navy by...
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NATO To ‘Integrate’ Offensive Cyber By Members
“NATO is clear that we will not perform offensive cyberspace operations,” said Maj. Gen. Wolfgang Renner. “However, we will integrate sovereign cyberspace effects from the allies who are willing to...
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Russians Tried to Jam NATO Exercise; Swedes Say They’ve Seen This Before
The Russians played around at the edges of this month’s Trident Juncture exercise in Norway, but that was to be expected. New moves in the Baltic Sea, however, have some concerned.
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New Second Fleet To Stay Lean, Unpredictable, Commander Says; & Watching China
The Arctic will become increasingly crowded in the coming years, and the US Navy’s Second Fleet is making it a priority to get up there more often.
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US Gives Russia 60 Days Before INF Withdrawal; NATO Comes Around
After five years of talks and a wall of Russian denials, NATO and Washington call Putin’s bluff and say they’re ready to do something about Russian violations of a 31 year-old arms control treaty. But...
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The Secretary Of Reassurance Has Resigned: Farewell To Mattis
WASHINGTON: After two years of reassuring US allies that Donald Trump’s America would not abandon them, Jim Mattis finally had enough. Even before Trump was sworn in as president, the announcement that...
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Trump Tries to Take Control of Mattis Narrative
The relationship went through a messy ending. Will the president now try and give Mattis the Rex Tillerson treatment?
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From Paris To Orbit: France’s New Space Strategy
With the landmark CSO-1 satellite launch December 19th and a new space strategy out soon, the French government is finally stepping up in space. A French-led, Europe-wide effort to modernize space...
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State Blocks Israeli Sale of F-16s To Croatia: Deal All But Dead
Croatia, a NATO member, was ready to sign off on the largest defense deal in its history: $500 million for 12 Israeli F-16 fighters. But the State Department didn’t like the looks of the deal.
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Towards More European Defense Integration: Aachen Franco-German Treaty
The Aachen Treaty is the fifth treaty signed in the city where Charlemagne was born and they have all shared a common thread of boosting European peace and integration. The first one, signed in 1668 in...
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Trump Scraps Cold War Nuclear Treaty, US Moving To Build New Missiles
“For far too long, Russia has violated the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty with impunity,” a statement from the White House said. Moscow has refused to admit that it has for years been...
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Hold Joint Armed Services-Foreign Relations Defense Hearings
The best way for America to develop a consensus on what our defense and global security commitments should be is for Congress to have a lengthy series of posture hearings that delve deeply into these...
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France To US: You’re Really Important To Our New Fighter
France’s commitment to a cutting-edge sixth-generation fighter — working in tandem with drones and long-range sensors — is a sign of its commitment to deterring Putin’s Russia.
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India Is Going Big on New Fighters; Lockheed, Boeing Pledge Indian Plants
Boeing, Lockheed, Dassault Aviation of France, the European Eurofighter consortium, Sweden’s Saab, and United Aircraft Corporation of Russia are all jockeying for position for an Indian fighter...
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Will Germany, Not Ready & Slow To Invest, Keep EU Leadership, Deter Putin
The Cold War has not returned, but the Russians have. The challenge for the Trump Administration is less about whether the US cares about European defense; it is much more about a strategic shift of...
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Dear Allies: Pay ‘Fair Share,’ Says Shanahan — Not 50% Plus
Acting Defense Secretary Shanahan took it on the chin from a series of lawmakers Thursday, leaving the Capitol with a direct order to produce border wall details by the end of the day.
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French Defense Chief: ‘It’s Called Article 5, Not Article F-35’
Paris wants to partner with the US, but a top French defense official says an unpredictable White House is forcing Europe to strike out on its own.
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NATO’s Strength: A Burden-sharing Success Story
In an era when NATO gets slammed on a regular basis by President Trump, there’s one key alliance success — the ability of 29 countries to work together on the battlefield.
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What Must Be Done With Erdogan’s Turkey
When I visited Turkey last year, it was clear that President Erdogan was on a path to break with the traditions of Ataturk and the secular state. In a period when the global impact of the various...
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