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America’s Success Against Iran May Prove a Distraction

By David H. Petraeus April 15, 2026

Principles of Government · July 14, 2026 ·

By David H. Petraeus April 15, 2026 – War is increasingly defined by unmanned systems, artificial intelligence and mass precision. The Gulf offers useful insights, but Ukraine is the more demanding laboratory. There, the true challenges of unmanned systems at scale and the rapid emergence of autonomous capabilities are already on display….The Ukraine war involves remotely piloted systems, electronic warfare, layered air defenses and relentless adaptation. …This is industrial-scale warfare, in which success depends less on exquisite platforms than on mass, resilience and constant innovation. Read More

There’s a New Way of War, but Is It Evolution or Revolution? AA

By Yaroslav Trofimov July 7, 2026

Principles of Government · July 14, 2026 ·

By Yaroslav Trofimov July 7, 2026 – The key feature of the war between Russia and Ukraine, and likely of other major conflicts to come, is that what used to be cutting-edge weapons and technologies becomes outdated within months. “If you have an adaptive adversary, it’s the speed of iteration and the rate of learning that matter, rather than the technology per se,” Mosley added….One example of adaptability is Ukraine’s new procurement system for drones, which account for over 90% of enemy losses, electronic warfare systems and some other key weapons. It is fundamentally different from how Western militaries, with their centralized defense budgets, operate. Read More

Biden Leaves His Successor a World of Disorder

By The Editorial Board Updated Sept. 23, 2024

Principles of Government · September 3, 2025 ·

By The Editorial Board – It is a far more dangerous world than Mr. Biden inherited, and far less congenial for U.S. interests, human freedom and democracy.

Mr. Biden’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan was his single most damaging decision, and it has led to cascading trouble.

More damaging is the message his withdrawal sent to adversaries about American will and retreat. The credibility of U.S. deterrence collapsed. Read More

Four Steps to Creating a National Defense Strategy Built on Strength

By John G. Ferrari | Elaine McCusker | Todd Harrison - June 12, 2025

Principles of Government · June 22, 2025 ·

By John G. Ferrari | Elaine McCusker | Todd Harrison – The new Pentagon leadership has set itself up to potentially oversee fundamental changes that could dramatically improve military warfighting capabilities for decades to come. In addition to realigning the defense budget, organizational structures, and acquisition policies to support warfighters, key decisions are still pending on how and where America will defend its security and prosperity. Read More

Henry Kissinger on Power and Morality AA

By Walter Russell Mead - Dec. 4, 2023

Principles of Government · September 10, 2025 ·

By Walter Russell Meade – Kissinger understood something that too many Americans, on the left and right, find difficult to grasp: Power and morality aren’t opposites. Rather, power is the platform that makes moral action possible for a state. And morality isn’t a set of rules and laws that states are expected to obey. Rather, in international relations, morality involves creating an order that prevents the anarchy and slaughter of great-power warfare. Such an order gains legitimacy not by its perfect adherence to a religious or secular moral code, but by its ability to preserve values and conditions that allow civilizations, and the human beings who inhabit them, to flourish. Read More

America’s Success Against Iran May Prove a Distraction

There’s a New Way of War, but Is It Evolution or Revolution? AA

Biden Leaves His Successor a World of Disorder

Four Steps to Creating a National Defense Strategy Built on Strength

Henry Kissinger on Power and Morality AA

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