Gen. Xavier T. Brunson is a busy man. As the senior U.S. military leader on the Korean Peninsula, he has three jobs, ...

The dramatic surge in U.S. military power in the Caribbean since August 2025 — anchored by the arrival of the USS Gerald R.

In 2024, Shanshan Mei and Dennis J. Blasko wrote, “Don’t Ever Invade China: Xi Jinping Prioritizes Border, Coastal, and Air ...

The U.S. military’s AI-enabled platforms are only as good as their inputs. Across the force, these systems are ...

On Dec. 4, the Trump administration released a new National Security Strategy. The strategy strikes a notably different tone ...

Since the release of the U.S. 28-point draft peace plan in late November, many officials and observers have suggested that a ...

This is the second in a series exploring the modernization of defense manufacturing. Please also read the first: “The ...

Western militaries are still arguing over what “autonomy” means while Russia and China are already building machines that don’t need GPS, data links, or ...

Planners today struggle to properly apply operational art in large scale war — and they don’t fully realize why. It takes something like firsthand ...

Since joining NATO in 2024, Sweden has taken on a more prominent role in European security. Swedish Defense Minister Pål Jonson joined Ryan in Washington ...

This is the first article in a two-part series exploring additive manufacturing. The Pentagon has poured unprecedented funds ...

What happens when the United States tries to build a missile shield so ambitious that Russia and China start dreaming up weapons that no defense can stop?