Nader Elhefnawy·Oct 23An Alternate History of Post-Cold War British Defense Policy?Amid renewed talk of breakdown of the “trans-Atlantic relationship” and a decline in optimism among the Western commentariat about the…
InGeopolitics & BeyondbySahil Nair·Oct 19Pentagon’s Black Budget Surges 60%: What Is America Building in Secret?Reports of a 60% surge in the Pentagon’s classified spending raise questions about America’s secret military programs. Explore black budget…A response icon1A response icon1
InSuspicions & SuperstitionsbyRichard Alloway·Sep 15Welfare For The WealthyWhy do the wealthy support government spending on law and war but not health and welfare?
European Values Center for Security Policy·Aug 28Taiwan’s Drone Gamble: Defense Budgets, Asymmetric Warfare, and Lessons from UkraineTaiwan’s opposition-controlled Legislative Yuan approved the government’s 2026 budget on August 14, authorizing $93 billion in…
Frank Holmes·Aug 10America Is Ordering Missiles Faster Than It Can Build ThemFifty-eight billion dollars.
WTF WIRE·Jul 6Trump Heads to NATO Summit in Ankara to Enforce Defense Spending Pledges — WTF WIREPresident Donald Trump departed Monday evening for Ankara, Turkey, where he will press NATO allies to follow through on the sweeping…
Frank Holmes·Jun 25The U.S. Spent $35 Billion in Iran. What Comes Next Is Much BiggerOperation Epic Fury didn’t come cheap.
Jen Adkins·May 31Europe faces a nuclear deterrence reality it tried to ignoreThe paradox of fear as stability has returned to European security discourse, with 9 NATO members now below the 2% spending target and…
Zachary J. Stickney·May 7The United States Can No Longer Afford Secretary Hegseth’s Failed LeadershipPresident Trump campaigned on a promise to make America affordable again, in part by eliminating what he described as the massive waste and…
Mallick Speaks·May 6Guns or Butter: Can America and Europe Afford Both the Soldier and the Pensioner?There is an old phrase in economics that politicians prefer not to say out loud. Guns or butter. You can build an army or you can feed your…A response icon4A response icon4