The front line in Ukraine remains uncertain. Positions shift by meters, not miles. Both armies are stretched thin. Still, Russia failed to achieve its main summer battlefield objectives. The U.S.-based Institute for the Study of War estimates that Russia has captured roughly 1,300 square miles and 130 settlements since March, half of what Russian President […]

Former President Barack Obama thinks nothing of trying to interfere in the internal politics of democratic U.S. allies in Europe, and in the process, thwarting his country’s own current foreign policy, as determined by his elected successor, President Donald Trump. All in the name of democracy, of course. And he can do all this because […]

U.S. government documents are a dime a dozen. The Pentagon, for example, puts out an annual report on China’s military power and capabilities. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence releases a worldwide threat assessment every year, which Congress uses to determine what resources should be authorized and appropriated to the various U.S. intelligence […]

The Senate will pivot Thursday from efforts to reopen the government to a vote on whether to advance an $852 billion defense appropriations bill. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) scheduled the vote in an effort to put Democrats on the record if they block the measure, as Republicans spotlight how the shutdown is impacting national security. It also comes...