James Kraska is Charles H. Stockton professor of international law and chair of the Stockton Center for International Law at the U.S. Naval War College and John Harvey Gregory lecturer on world ...

Al-Shabaab’s territorial gains come as Somalia is entering a period of profound political and institutional transition. With elections looming and international donor support wavering, the state is ...

Pillar II’s early promise was quick wins — distinct from the long horizon of the submarine project — but it seems the goal posts have been moved. Now, the 2027 rotational deployments of U.K. and U.S.

U.S. Intervention: A Key Variable in China’s Calculus China’s military continues to advance towards the deadline that General Secretary Xi Jinping reportedly gave it to be prepared for war against ...

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 ...

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 ...

Justin Johnson spent over a decade working on defense budgets and policy on Capitol Hill and at the Heritage Foundation before spending four years in a variety of senior positions in the Pentagon from ...

Autonomy in Software and Hardware Makes Readiness Possible It is clear that intelligent systems are changing how militaries fight across the spectrum of conflict. Advances in artificial intelligence, ...

A European Architecture for Modern War Having an architecture that can detect, positively identify, and accurately track and geolocate mobile and static targets at a long range and that can transmit ...

The stellar tactical performance of the U.S. Navy in the Red Sea from the end of 2023 to the beginning of 2025 is not in dispute here. U.S. sailors downed nearly 400 drones and missiles in the theater ...

We come together as a unique writing team: military lawyers from the U.S. and Taiwanese armed forces. We seek here to explore China’s ongoing legal preparations for the use of force against Taiwan and ...

There is nothing fantastical about a European mission in Ukraine. France and the United Kingdom are considering such a proposal and, as recent reporting suggests, have discussed it during President ...