“For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power,” President Biden said of Vladimir Putin in March, a month after Russia’s second unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, in remarks the Washington Post called...

In April, President Joe Biden ordered the full withdrawal of remaining U.S. troops from Afghanistan by September 11, 2021, in effect ending America’s longest overseas war; the mission itself is now...

On Monday, January 10, President Joe Biden spoke with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed about the ongoing conflict in Ethiopia. The readout of their conversation was boilerplate. “Both leaders...

Laboring under tight political constraints, US President Joseph Biden is doing a remarkably good job on the Ukraine crisis. Russian President Vladimir Putin still has not ordered an invasion which...

War games and tabletop exercises can tell us what it might look like if China attacks Taiwan. But they say little about why Taiwan matters and is worth defending. A new study examines what Americans...

The Ukrainian counteroffensives around Kharkiv and Kherson have erased months of Moscow’s territorial gains and destroyed or captured large amounts of Russian military equipment, ammunition, and...

To understand why Americans and our allies must rally together in defense of democracy, we have to be humble enough to admit we might not be winning and creative enough to imagine a scenario in which...

The “abandon Europe for Asia” school is wrong, but not because it lacks an accurate picture of the resource constraints facing the U.S. military.

Ukraine’s Recent Battlefield Successes Validate Giving It a Chance to Win: Earlier this summer, it became conventional wisdom that Russia would grind down the Ukrainian army in a war of attrition....

A Russian invasion of Ukraine has appeared imminent for almost two months now. Yet it has not happened, and the window for it is closing. When the spring rains hit in the next month or so, maneuver...

Last week, North Korea tested a ballistic missile by launching it over Japan. The last few weeks have seen a stepped-up testing rate from the North. Ostensibly these tests are to protest US-South...

The most prudent course of action remains for Ukraine to find the balance between gaining all it can now while not risk losing sufficient power to prevent a major new Russian advance, and seek to end...

The war in Ukraine is devolving into a grind of limited, costly Russian advances and ferocious Ukrainian counterattacks. It still looks as if Russia will win – if only because it will relentlessly...

Here Comes the TF-X: When it comes to stealth fighter technology, Turkey is not the first country that springs to mind. But its military is forging ahead with a homegrown fifth-generation fighter...

With the new Disney+ series Andor, somebody decided to make Battle of Algiers, But in Space. Against all odds, it works. The Star Wars saga has a history of borrowing liberally from foreign and...

Since tensions between Kyiv and Moscow started to rise, people have wondered whether the conflict could escalate to a general fight between Russia and NATO.  Ukraine is not part of NATO and the...

While it might not drive the headlines or click traffic that it used to – without Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un threatening each other with nuclear war, the ‘appeal’ just isn’t there – North Korea is...

Information continues to emerge today from multiple sources that Zelenky’s troops in Bakhmut destroyed the last few bridges providing resupply and escape routes for its troops. The long battle for...

Will Russian President Vladimir Putin commit genocide in Ukraine? The short answer is that he already has, at least according to the definition provided by the Convention on the Prevention and...

The recently announced Australia-United Kingdom-United States (AUKUS) security agreement is a positive step for the U.S. defense posture in the Indo-Pacific and will strengthen regional security...

The B-21 Raider Could be the First Step to Rebuilding the United States Air Force: Though the United States Air Force is the largest aviation service in the world, with nearly one and a half times...

19FortyFive Contributor Jack Buckby is on the ground in the UK covering the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. Here are his first impressions, as he was able to pay his respects to the Queen at the...

As South Korean President Moon Jae In enters the final months of his presidency, he has pushed hard for an ‘end of war declaration’ (EoW), ostensibly to conclude the legally unfinished Korean War...

Assume for a second that Ukraine’s armed forces cannot prevail in a conventional fight against the Russian host currently besieging the country. What then? Start by consulting the strategic canon....

Ukraine has made some impressive progress on the battlefield, but let us hold the applause for a moment: It’s too soon to tell whether Ukraine’s ongoing counteroffensive heralds a Ukrainian victory...

Throughout his war in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has obliquely hinted that he might use nuclear weapons. I have argued in these pages that this is unlikely. There is no obvious...

Ukrainian resistance is inspiring. Almost overnight, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has become a global celebrity. Stories of Ukrainian grandmothers standing up to the Russians are all over...

With the illegal and unrecognized annexation of four Ukrainian territories yesterday morning, Russian President Vladimir Putin attempted to set the terms for negotiations to end Russia’s invasion of...

For nearly 50 years, Joe Biden has gotten it wrong on foreign policy. In dealing with Russia, he has a reputation for prioritizing tough talk over meaningful actions – an approach that only benefits...

A Victory for Ukraine would be Excellent for Asia – and Not Just Taiwan: There has been much talk about the lessons of the Ukraine War for Taiwan. But ramifications of Russian President Vladimir...

Harpoon missiles are now making a big difference in the Russia-Ukraine War: Ukraine scored another victory in the Black Sea on Friday, sinking a Russian rescue tug, which was described as carrying...

Donald Trump is Still Beating Ron DeSantis: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is still, despite all the media hype, on track to lose the Republican primary for the 2024 US presidential race. Former...

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The F-35 Is Writing A New History As The Most Capable Fifth-Generation Fighter: When defense writers have nothing new to say, they sometimes dredge up old stories. This is the case with a piece in...

What this short series will reveal, unfortunately, is that Ukrainian victory is not achievable at an acceptable cost and therefore a change of strategy for the United States and NATO is necessary.

The footage shows a British Challenger 2 main battle tank easily pushing aside Russian concrete tank barriers, and rolling over a tank trench.

U.S. and South Korean intelligence have hinted for a while this year that North Korea would test a nuclear weapon. Speculation is rising in the wake of the North’s many recent missile tests. North...

On March 6, Seoul announced a new plan for resolving the lingering dispute with Japan over compensation for South Koreans forced to labor for Japanese companies during the 1910-45 occupation. If...

The strangest element to this looming constitutional crisis is how easy is to avoid: there are a plethora of Republican candidates who offer policy similar to Donald Trump and happily lack his...

The F-15EX Eagle II took one flight closer to becoming the most heavily armed American fighter jet.  (Subscribe to Our YouTube Channel Here. 19FortyFive publishes new videos every day.) The U.S. Air...

Senior Pentagon officials are skeptical that China‘s new H-20 stealth bomber – which could be unveiled “soon,” according to a report in the South China Morning Post quoting a lone “military insider”...

As far back as this January, Russian planners realized that Moscow was wide open to drone attacks. Ukraine had been building small drones from commercial kits, like the Chinese Mugin-5, and packing...

This week Russia will conduct referendums on the accession to Russia of several of its conquered territories in Ukraine. As many have pointed out, these votes will not be remotely fair or open. They...

“For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power,” President Biden said of Vladimir Putin in March, a month after Russia’s second unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, in remarks the Washington Post called...

General Sergei Surovikin, the commander of the Russian armed forces in Ukraine, has just announced that Russia is retreating to the left bank of the Dnipro River in Kherson province. If this actually...

I can confirm from personal experience that cluster munitions are indeed quite powerful, but also that by themselves they will not tilt the balance of power in the war towards Ukraine.

In one week in September, Ukrainian forces liberated 1,100 square miles in Northeastern Ukraine. This is more than Russia’s military managed to seize in months of costly attritional warfare in the...

Boeing’s GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb: Headed to Ukraine? Ukrainian forces could be soon equipped with a small, low-cost, precision bomb that could be fitted onto abundantly available rockets. It would...

The Woman King, a new historical action film from director Gina Prince-Bythewood, describes the exploits of the Agojie, an all-female unit within the army of the West African Kingdom of Dahomey....

America’s Poor Choices if North Korean Resumes Nuke and ICBM Testing: Perhaps it was inevitable. Negotiating with North Korea has proven so futile for so long, that the North’s recent announcement...

Why China Why Won’t Help on the Ukraine War – Ukrainian resistance in the war against Russia has surprised everyone. There is now a growing chance Ukraine may stalemate the Russian army. And even...

Ukraine will soon receive additional combat vehicles to aid its war effort and could allow its forces to change the tactics employed on the battlefield. On Thursday, the Biden Administration pledged...

At a time of war, rampant inflation, and new fears of recession, the Biden administration has decided to tackle the problem of disinformation.  The new Disinformation Governance Board, brought to you...

Does America Have a Goal or Strategy for Ukraine? On Friday, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announced the G7 had agreed to impose a price cap regime on Russian oil. As with most other actions by the...

If the RUSI report is correct, then morale in Russian forces may be approaching the level of attrition where units start to crack in Ukraine.

Without a headline defense budget hike, a sharp inter-service budget fight is likely. All military branches want pricey new systems. The next decade will likely be tough as the services compete to...

As the United States flows forces to Europe following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it is important to show that global powers don’t pivot. The U.S. military must focus on more than one challenge at...

Statements and incidents coming out of Russia and Ukraine in the past 12 hours represent a clear acceleration of the crisis, indicating events on the precipice of all-out war. Even at this late hour,...

Ukraine: The Next Phase of this War Will Unfold in the West – The recent incident in which a Ukrainian anti-missile rocket aimed at an incoming Russian rocket volley fell into the rural eastern...

North Korea has kicked off 2022 with a flurry of missile launches. While analysts were tempted to zero in on Kim Jong Un‘s agriculture and economy-focused remarks on new year’s day at a recent...

Russia’s war on Ukraine has sparked a surprisingly robust conversation in the United States. While many (perhaps most) Americans sympathize with Ukraine as the underdog and the democratic nation, a...

Big-Bang Deals with North Korea Fail; Go Small and Build Up: South Korean President Moon Jae-In’s term ends in March. He was an extraordinary figure in the history of South Korean diplomacy. He...

There has been a flurry of effort to contain the level of violence in Ukraine. Russia and Ukraine have met in Belorussia to discuss terms. Russia and Ukraine also agreed to humanitarian corridors...

So what educated guesses can we make about the Navy’s billion-dollar kamikaze drone or loitering munition, a project so urgent that Raytheon is uniquely suited to carry it out?

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has quickly turned into Europe’s deadliest conflict since World War Two. After months of a protracted war, in which Russia consolidated gains in the Donbas region and...

19FortyFive asked nine top experts a simple question: Was the fall of Afghanistan inevitable? Here is what they told us.

The head of U.S. Strategic Command Admiral Charles Richard has been describing China’s nuclear weapons expansion as a “strategic breakout.” He used the term at an event I recently hosted at Hudson...

In less than two months, the war in Ukraine will reach its first anniversary. The very fact that Ukraine exceeded expectations both when it came to the performance of its armed forces and the overall...

China’s Xi Jinping Capitulates on COVID-19: Henry Gao of Singapore Management University argues that Chinese ruler Xi Jinping suddenly reversed his “dynamic zero-Covid policy,” perhaps the world’s...

If North Korea will Halt Its Provocations, then an End-of-War Declaration is Worth it: 1945 has hosted a vigorous debate on an ‘end of war’ declaration for the formally unresolved Korean War (here,...

Not long ago I wrote in these pixels that there is a “beautiful stability” to U.S. foreign policy. In general, that’s a good thing. Consensus popular and elite sentiments toward policy discourage...

Military Expert Stavros Atlamazoglou explains in this detailed analysis how much damage U.S. long-range rockets and artillery are doing to Russia on the battlefields of Ukraine: On day 179 day of the...

Should Tom Brady Still Be in New England?: Divorces rarely end well for both parties, even if both sides have the best intentions.  When it came to the Patriots and Tom Brady, no one in New England...

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For many Ukrainians, the question “what will the West do if Russia starts a war?” rings hollow. Since 2014 (and even before) Russia has been trying to force Kyiv to acquiesce to its regional domina...

In December 2011, Kim Jong Il, supreme leader of North Korea, died. He was succeeded by his son, Kim Jong Un, who celebrated the tenth anniversary of his elevation this month. Kim Jong Il was also...

Disney Plans to Wait Out Ron DeSantis – The epic battle between the Mickey Mouse Corporation and Florida Man, Republican Governor Ron DeSantis, rages. This pitched fight has progressed from angry...

Two Russian airbases – located far from the frontlines of Ukraine – reportedly came under attack in the early hours of Monday morning. At least three people were killed and half a dozen more wounded,...

As the presidency of Moon Jae-In in South Korea winds down, Moon has pushed hard for an ‘end of war declaration’ (EoW) over the still legally unfinished Korean War. Last week, I argued in this...

Keen to assure its cyber-independence, India has banned a third tranche of Chinese apps from the Indian internet. This week, the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) has named an additional...

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 blue as surely as an enemy missile can, if perhaps not as...

What Happens Next in the War in Ukraine? Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky took a significant risk by ordering two counteroffensives earlier this month, one in the Kherson Oblast and one in the...