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The National Interest
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Not two weeks after the supposed “historic” signing of US president Donald Trump’s 20-point peace plan in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, the initial...


Political fortunes turn fast. One day in August, US president Donald Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin exchanged handshakes on a red...



Turkey’s path to regional dominance appears unstoppable. Recently, the Islamist-adjacent nation successfully carried out a live-firing test of two...








Last June, Ukraine’s “Operation Spiderweb” struck at least 40 Russian warplanes, with around 10 destroyed at remote air bases. The daring raid...


NATO member Sweden took delivery of a modernized version of its highly touted, domestically built multirole jet fighter on Monday. At a ceremony...


The Russian state-owned Kalashnikov Group, the nation’s largest producer of military small arms, announced that modernized SVD Dragunov sniper...


According to a Wall Street Journal report, Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya initially rebuffed President Trump’s peace initiative, which would have...



As data centers multiply due to AI demand, volatility is socialized onto consumers while stability is privatized by corporate giants. You may not...




The leaders of the most powerful European countries issued a joint statement in support of Ukraine following reports of a rift between US president...



The Red Cell series is published in collaboration with the Stimson Center. Drawing upon the legacy of the CIA’s Red Cell—established following the...



Since the end of the Korean War more than 70 years ago, at least 34,000 North Koreans have defected to South Korea, but most have gone through...


The ongoing government shutdown hasn’t grounded the United States Air Force. So far—at least until servicemembers’ paychecks stop arriving—it is...


Nations have always raced one another for an advantage—in weaponry, resources, or land. But today that race is shifting into a new frontier:...



Deputy Secretary of Defense Steve Feinberg did the right thing a few weeks ago. He hauled America’s major defense contractors into a room and...




Donald Trump’s recent achievements in the Middle East, which came about in no small measure thanks to the efforts of Egypt, Qatar, Turkey, and...






President Trump has ruled out sending Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine for now. What does that mean for the prospects of ending the war? In the last...


From 2001: A Space Odyssey to The Jetsons, Hollywood has long misread America’s tech future. The real AI story will be written by innovators—not...




In the race between innovators and imitators, it is often the imitators who win out. That’s according to Ohio University business professor, Oded...
