The Trump administration is making changes to U.S. policy toward Africa. These changes — including dissolving the U.S. Agency for International Development and its programs in Africa — have direct and ...

It was 1940. War raged across Asia and Europe. America had not yet joined the war, but the country was beginning to prepare for the worst. Franklin D. Roosevelt sat in the White House, speaking to his ...

“Innovation adoption is a contact sport.” As the chief technology officer of the Department of the Navy, Justin Fanelli is one of the leaders responsible for ensuring warfighters have access to ...

Welcome to The Adversarial. Every other week, we’ll provide you with expert analysis on America’s greatest challengers: China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and jihadists. Read more below.***RussiaAfter ...

The Great Debates: A Political, Not a Strategic Debate The 1972 White Paper on Defence, meant to lay the foundations of French nuclear doctrine, only made its deterrence posture on Europe unclear.

Maj. Jim Mauldin, a U.S. Army Special Forces officer of mammoth size and prodigious strength, stood in my office doorway, blocking all light. He wanted something from me, his battalion commander. Jim ...

As often happens, however, updating the policy did not fully address three myths and misunderstandings that had built up over time: First, there is a myth that the directive prohibits either some or ...

By some estimates, 60 to 70 percent of casualties in Ukraine now come from drones — cheap, disposable first-person view drones piloted from miles away. They dive into trenches, slip through windows, ...

Within months of the Cuban Missile Crisis, weapons designers at Los Alamos National Laboratory began engineering what would become the longest-serving and most adaptable weapon in America’s nuclear ...

By 2035, Russia will have roughly 1.22 to 3.58 million fewer military-aged males than in 2025, according to U.N. Population Division forecasts. However, even their 95 percent lower bound forecast for ...

Turning the Course of the War The Battle of Plattsburgh and the Battle of Lake Champlain on September 11, 1814 salvaged two years of dismal military losses for the United States, staving off the ...

Lindsay Powell is news editor of Ancient History and Ancient Warfare magazines. As a historian, he writes about commanders, campaigns and conflicts of the Ancient World and is the author of 14 books, ...