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John Maynard Keynes once wrote, “The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones,” an apt depiction of the current discourse and debate of what the world will look like now that the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) treaty has expired. The passing of New START marks the end of treaties formally limiting strategic nuclear weapons between ...


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When everyone is accountable, who is actually responsible?I can’t help but think of this question as I consider the flurry of new top-down activity on acquisition reform and modernization. In January 2026, the Defense Department and White House released four new initiatives: two memorandums on the defense innovation system and AI, an executive order on defense industry standa...


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Infernos raged aboard Japanese aircraft carriers after U.S. Navy dive-bombers found their marks during the Battle of Midway. Many Japanese pilots were incinerated in ready rooms and in the cockpits of their aircraft while they sat idling on flight decks. Those who were airborne returned to find their carriers aflame. They circled until fuel exhaustion and ditched into the sea...


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In 2022, Vasabjit Banerjee and Benjamin Tkach wrote, “After Ukraine, Where Will India Buy Its Weapons,” where they explore India’s various defense systems acquisition relationships. Four years later, amid changing geopolitical dynamics and Russia’s ongoing war, we asked them to revisit their arguments.Image: Creative Commons, Flickr user cell105In your 2022 article, “Aft...


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What if the United States isn’t ending wars, just interrupting them?Since returning to the White House, President Donald Trump — who has repeatedly described himself as a “President of Peace” — has intervened to halt conflicts across multiple crisis theaters. From Gaza and the Israel–Iran confrontation to Ukraine, the India–Pakistan conflict, and Southeast Asia’s Thailand–Cam...


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