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India fourth largest military spender globally in 2023: SIPRI report
The military expenditure went up in all five geographical regions, with major spending increase…
PTI
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Vance wants the US military to focus on China over Russia. There's one big problem with that plan.
A focus solely on the threat posed by Beijing ignores the extent to which China and Russia are inte…
Tom Porter
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A German company is offering Ukraine the benefit and burden — of being the first military to get its brand-new tank
If Ukraine is the first to field the new Panther tank, then it will likely be the first to deal wit…
Michael Peck
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Russia and China are on the brink of a military alliance that could overwhelm the US
Russia and China are drawing closer together amid an intensifying rivalry with the US.
Tom Porter
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India's military spending 3rd highest in the world, says report
India's military spending of $76.6 billion ranked third highest in the world followed by the US and…
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Harvard Law professor says US should liquidate Russia's foreign reserves and use the money to fund military aid to Ukraine
Russia could have up to $100 billion in foreign exchange reserves sitting in the US, which was alre…
Jake Epstein
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NATO's flirtation with adding 2 more members runs the risk of starting a war the US can't afford to fight
Rather than bolster the security of Americans, expanding NATO increases the risk of the United Stat…
Sascha Glaeser, Defense Priorities
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US special operators have mastered a tricky infiltration method, but there's still a chance they could come crashing through your roof
Many US special-operations units go through military free-fall training, but no amount of training …
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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What SOCOM's 'biggest lesson' from Afghanistan means for future fights against terrorists and great-power militaries
The Pentagon is shifting to great-power competition, but terrorist threats remain. That means US sp…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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It's time for Biden to shut NATO's doors
It would be a major mistake if Biden and his NATO colleagues simply wax philosophically and avoid m…
Daniel DePetris, Defense Priorities
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Biden wants the military's footprint to be 'correctly sized,' and it may mean deciding which bases really matter
The Biden administration has started a review of the US military's global posture as calls grow for…
Christopher Woody
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3 ways for Biden to get his foreign policy rolling despite 'obstruction' and 'roadblocks' from Trump's Pentagon
Opinion: Biden should make careful, working-level diplomacy the center of US foreign policy from 20…
Bonnie Kristian, Defense Priorities
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Pope Benedict XVI: A man at odds with the modern world who leaves a legacy of intellectual brilliance and controversy
While the brilliance of this intellectual legacy will certainly endure, it will also have to con…
PTI
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The US already fought a cold war with China — it went very badly
With China rising in power, the greatest risk is not that the US failed to learn the Cold War's les…
Jonathan Hunt, Responsible Statecraft
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Trump's plan to pull troops from Germany doesn't address a risk NATO has faced since the start of the Cold War
Opinion: Transatlantic burden-sharing tiffs are frequent, but Trump's troop withdrawal plan overloo…
Christopher Layne, Ph.D., Defense Priorities
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The US is looking away from the Middle East, but it's keeping a wary eye on what China is doing there
The Middle East may be the "Wild West" for great-power competition, but Americans are more skeptica…
Christopher Woody
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Trump's plan to 'probably' move troops to Poland reveals a dangerous lack of a real strategy
Opinion: Instead of sending US forces stationed in Germany to Poland, Trump should simply bring the…
Bonnie Kristian, Defense Priorities
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US special-operations units have a daring way to board enemy ships, but it's not just for Navy SEALs
With their unique skills, SEALs have been the go-to choice to board, search, and seize ships, but t…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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With Trump hunkered down and time running out, Mike Pompeo has been 'laying landmines' for Joe Biden
With Trump quiet and with an eye on his own future, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is "laying landm…
Christopher Woody
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The balance of power is shifting in Asia, and China is gaining on the US
China has closed the gap, according to Australia's Lowy Institute think tank, but neither Beijing o…