Arming Icebreakers
By Andreas Kuersten RealClearDefense Icebreakers ply polar waters, smashing open sea lanes with their heavily armored bows. Yet in addition to being equipped to do battle with the elements, should […]
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The Dangerous Myth of an ‘Icebreaker Gap’
By Andreas Kuersten Defense One America is finally taking steps to fix its woeful shortage of icebreakers, the armor-bowed vessels that enable year-round presence and passage through the ever-more-important Arctic […]
U.S. and Chinese “Cracks” and the Future of Cross-Pacific Relations
By Andreas Kuersten The Montreal Review It’s a quiet Sunday afternoon in the nation’s capital, September 27th, 2015; the day after Chinese President Xi Xinping departed for New York City. Chinese flags […]
Nuclear Bastions, From the USSR to China
By Kyle Mizokami The Week Last week, The Guardian announced that China was preparing to send its nuclear missile-armed submarines into the South China Sea. China’s excuse — that it […]
What China’s Increasing Militarism Means for the World
By Peter Navarro World Affairs Will there be war with China? That may well be determined by which presidential candidate wins the White House this year, and what policies the […]
America’s Youth and the Long-Term Viability of the Armed Forces
By Mary E. Landry The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs According to the Department of Defense, 71 percent of all young Americans between the ages of 17 and 24 are unable […]
What is the Multi-Billion Dollar F-35 Jet Actually Supposed to Do?
By Ryan Faith Vice News The F-35 Lighting II is the most expensive weapons program in the history of the human race, and production is now being kicked into high […]
The Arctic Race that Wasn’t
By Andreas Kuersten Foreign Affairs As the Arctic melts, various ideas about the region are being carried along in the runoff. Depending on whom you ask, the Arctic is either […]
Assessing Naval Buildups in the South China Sea
By Steven Stashwick The Diplomat After decades of operating legacy Soviet platforms, Vietnam’s navy is acquiring advanced new frigates from Russia and the Netherlands, capable new Russian diesel-electric submarines, and […]
The Arctic Continental Shelf: Geological, Legal, or Geopolitical?
By Mia Bennett Cryopolitics With Shell receiving conditional approval to drill in the Chukchi Sea in offshore Alaska, the phrase “continental shelf” has come up a lot lately. The term also appears […]
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