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Let's talk about the next US-Israel military-assistance agreement

I helped negotiate the current one. It's high time to get started on its successor.

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It's time for a new Key West agreement

Airpower, air defense, Marines’ role—all need revisiting, three-quarters of a century after the seminal roles-and-missions pact.

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Trump wants a faster security clearance process, too

But can he avoid politicizing it? On Day One, he stripped clearances from people he doesn't like and created a temporary end-run for people he does.

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China’s plan to rule the heavens

A look at Beijing's strategy to relegate the United States to second place in space.

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As the US and China race to the Moon, loopholes in space law could allow conflict

The prospect of “space water wars” is nearer, timewise, than the prospect of providing clean drinking water to everyone in the developing world.

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Lone-wolf attacks have become a hallmark of post-caliphate ISIS

The group's propaganda inspired the New Orleans attack, which proceeded without direct operational support.

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2024 in review: Commentary

Defense One contributors gathered lessons from around the globe and looked ahead to the new administration.

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2024 in review: Space Force

The year saw challenges in orbit and on the ground as the young service continued to expand.

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2024 in review: Marine Corps

A new kind of regiment, more drones, and new techniques—and other stories about the Corps.

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2024 in review: Air Force

China shakeup, bombers, jammers, ICBM—it was a busy year.

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2024 in review: Navy

Bracing for the future, grappling with shipbuilding woes, watching China—and more stories about the sea service.

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2024 in Review: Army

Lessons from the Ukraine war—and what might come next—dominated the news.

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2024 in review: Business

The rise of the software contractors, wobbles among the old guard—and more defense-industry news of the year.

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In defense of the military’s unfunded priority lists

The service branches’ “wish lists” are a key part of Congress’ oversight process.

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Defense One Radio, Ep. 170: Year in review

We listen back on more than a dozen guests from conversations across 2024.

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How China is adopting battlefield lessons from Ukraine

A drone-assisted ambush of a Ukrainian tank drew particular notice by PLA analysts.

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The Army is too top-heavy

Surplus generals, swollen staffs, and excess headquarters drain headcount and resources from warfighting units.

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Will Assad’s defeat be Putin’s Waterloo?

The narrative of Russia's ascendancy in 2024 is beginning to look like more fiction than fact.