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Don’t pull the plug on US military installations

By Nevada Joan Lee and Christopher Preble

Opinion: Renewable energy is a politically volatile topic, but U.S. military leaders should not categorically dismiss the benefits. Read More

 

Preventing China’s DeepSeek in Space

By Erin C. Conaton

Opinion: The government should ensure that U.S. tech firms eying national security contracts can keep American technology secrets from China and Russia. Read More

No runways, no sorties: Chinese missiles threaten US airpower plans

By Kelly A. Grieco and Hunter Slingbaum

Opinion: American warplanes could be kept from joining the fray of a conflict with China for days or weeks, analysts have concluded. Read More

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The military is a hammer, and not all problems are nails

By Ann Dailey

Opinion: Vocal lobbies in the Washington foreign policy scene are heavily invested in applying U.S. military power to problems that aren't military in nature. Read More

Trump 2.0 and the fracture of US cyber power

By Jason Blessing

Opinion: In this op-ed, a research analyst argues Trump's push to split America's "dual-hatted" cyber operations leadership would be a significant misstep. Read More

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Make Putin an offer he can’t refuse

By Hans Binnendijk, Alexander Vershbow

Opinion: Since Ukraine controls part of Kursk, it is in a position to barter over the details, argue analysts Alexander Vershbow and Hans Binnendijk. Read More

How autonomous tech can make combat engineering safer

By Capt. Michael Hamilton

Opinion: In this op-ed, an Army captain argues the military investing in autonomous tech can increase the efficiency and safety of its combat engineering units. Read More


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