Arms Race
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The North Korea Hypersonic Missile Threat Is Real
This follows an earlier test of a liquid-fuel hypersonic missile in 2021 Bruce E. Bechtol The National Interest Summary: In…
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More ideas than cash: 5 takeaways from the EU’s defense push
It took a bloody Russian invasion to get the European Union to start thinking seriously about defense Laura Kayali, Jacopo…
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Behind the Debate over U.S. Military Aid to Ukraine
A new assistance package is stuck in Congress. In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Sarah Harrison explains what is causing…
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Europe’s arms production is in ‘deep shit,’ says Belgian ex-general
It’s going to take years for Europe to build up the arms and ammunition production capacity needed to both aid…
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Turkey Looks to Become the Next Aircraft Carrier Powerhouse
China and India now each operate domestically-produced aircraft carriers – but another nation is seeking to become a carrier powerhouse,…
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Türkiye’s Growing Drone Exports
This success comes with risks, including escalation of conflict and reputational damage, but there are several ways for Ankara to…
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Chinese Nuclear Weapons and Canada: An Uncivil-Military Connection
For decades, the Defense Department made little or no connection between China’s civilian nuclear power program and its military nuclear…
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Paul Krugman Dismisses the Existence of a Military-Industrial Complex
Paul Krugman is a Distinguished Professor of Economics in the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, a…
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North Korea sending Russia military equipment, US claims
Pyongyang has supplied up to 1,000 containers of “equipment and munitions” in “recent weeks”, National Security Council Spokesperson John Kirby…
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North Korea Could Someday Have over 300 Nuclear Weapons. What Should America Do?
Imagine you are the dictator of a small, impoverished country. Bruce W. Bennett The National Interest You are, by nature,…
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Rethinking Engagement with North Korea
Last year, North Korea’s marked increase in missile launches was widely interpreted as a bid to sharpen its capability to target…
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There is no legal reason the US can’t supply cluster bombs to Ukraine – but that doesn’t justify Biden’s decision to do so
The Biden administration announced on July 7, 2023, that it would send cluster bombs to Ukraine – a deeply controversial move given…
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Critics say Turkey uses US-made F-16 fighters to kill civilians
So doesn’t this — and the $259 million in planned upgrades — violate Biden’s brand new arms transfer policy? Jacob…
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SIPRI report: Global military spending increases for eighth year in a row
Not surprisingly, the biggest surge in spending came in Europe, in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Blaise Malley Responsible…
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F-35 upgrades slip to 2024, drawing lawmaker’s ire
WASHINGTON — The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter will receive a slate of important hardware and software upgrades known as Technology Refresh…
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Killer drones and multi-billion dollar deals: Turkey’s rapidly-growing defense industry is boosting its global clout
It featured clips of missile launchers and Russian tanks in a drone’s crosshairs, as deep-voiced men sang the words in…
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