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“I’m here today to directly and unambiguously express that stark strategic realities prevent the United States from being the primary guarantor of security in Europe.”

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaking to NATO ministers in Europe declared:
“I’m here today to directly and unambiguously express that stark strategic realities prevent the United States from being the primary guarantor of security in Europe.
“Realities prevent the U.S. from being its security guarantor, and to expect a drawdown of U.S. forces in the region.

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The crew of an EA-18G Growler is in good condition after their aircraft crashed on Wednesday during an attempted landing at Naval Air Station North Island, Navy…

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Turning merchant ships into warships with missiles and drones would expand the combat fleet quickly.

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President Trump’s National Security Team will hopefully soon be assembled and one of its first tasks is to create a National Security Strategy (NSS) reflective of how…

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Wars are almost always about land. Ukraine’s determined and heroic defense of its sovereign territory against horrific Russian aggression attests to that fact. As we noted in an earlier article in War on the Rocks, restoring Ukraine’s economy is the most crucial element in ensuring the country’s very existence as a viable and secure state going forward. Therefore, it is vital to understand how Ukraine’s economic landscape has been and will be changed as a result of the war, and what this portends for societal well-being, enhanced growth, and national security in the years ahead.

Edmund Fitton-Brown, the former British ambassador to Yemen, recounted a chilling 2016 discussion with Houthi negotiators: Houthi officials claimed that their strategic advantage over Western-backed forces was that they “do not care how many Yemenis die, and when enough have died, [the West] will come to us on [their] knees and beg us to make peace.” This prediction generally proved accurate as pressure grew on the anti-Houthi coalition from 2018 onward to wind down the campaign in Yemen due to the conflict’s enormous humanitarian toll.