What Military Experts Say to Look Out for in an Israel-Hamas War
Israel has amassed 100,000 troops as well as a number of tanks on the border to Gaza as part of a likely build-up for...
How Ukraine Can Win a Long War
The war in Ukraine has just passed the 18-month mark. The country’s people, having fought and won three major offensive campaigns in 2022, are...
Fair and Unfair Play: Regulating Means and Methods of Warfare
Do we have any detailed and documented rules of military engagement today? Yes. Are these rules regularly followed? Mostly not. Does this mean that...
‘Chains of colonialism’: Western powers in Africa vying for control, geopolitical edge
JOHANNESBURG — For decades, Africa has been teeming with foreign military personnel, with more than a dozen countries known to have deployments and bases...
China employs ‘nuclear cabbage’ strategy for dominance in South China Sea
South China Sea is back in news, this time triggered by the most unlikely source. Vietnam has banned ‘Barbie’ movie over map of South...
What could derail great power competition? A terrorist attack
TAMPA, Fla. — As the U.S. focuses on great power competition with China and Russia, a terrorist attack or massive crisis response would be...
Why is China strengthening its military? It’s not all about war
China’s rapid military modernization has spurred considerable fear that the country could provoke a war with the United States. Such fear may owe to...
How are China’s neighbors viewing Beijing’s military plans?
At the opening of China’s rubber-stamp parliament on Sunday, outgoing Premier Li Keqiang announced an increase to the nation’s military spending, pointing to “escalating”...
Military Operations Will be Strained by Climate Change
Militaries around the world could be overstretched as they respond to more intense and frequent climate-driven crises and threats to their own installations. That...
The evolution of the concept of information warfare in the modern information society of the post-truth era
The development of technology, communication tools and the spread of Internet access in the 21st century, have made the modern citizen of Western liberal...