Nuclear-powered cruise missiles are not a new idea—they’re just a bad idea. While Russia’s Burevestnik missile is grabbing ...

In the aftermath of the Gaza deal, the Trump team is renewing its push to end the war in Ukraine. In the last week, it has emerged that the president has been negotiating behind the scenes and is set ...

With the war in Ukraine and a potential reduction of U.S. military presence in Europe on the horizon, there is a renewed imperative for European leaders to strengthen and integrate their defense ...

Evidence of military cooperation between China and Russia around the world has contributed to a growing perception of an emerging “axis of autocracies” rising to challenge the collective West. In the ...

The world knows that China is modernizing and drastically expanding the size of its nuclear arsenal. But China has never admitted it—at least until yesterday. On September 3, 2025, China held a parade ...

China’s economy is at a transformational moment. For more than two decades, a growth model centered on the debt-fueled construction of housing and infrastructure propelled the country’s rapid ...

Since 2022, China has conducted numerous military drills and exercises simulating blockades of the island of Taiwan, a democracy of 23 million that sits astride one of the world's maritime chokepoints ...

Under the Trump administration, military aid to Ukraine has been on and off, then partially on, then on again, and then increased further. That's where the policy lies as of Tuesday, July 15. Yet, ...

Welcome to the 2025 Space Threat Assessment by the Aerospace Security Project. This resource for policymakers and the public leverages open-source information to assess key developments in foreign ...

On April 2, 2025—a date President Trump proclaimed “Liberation Day”—the administration announced the most sweeping tariff hike since the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, the 1930 law best remembered for ...

President Donald Trump has given Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky an ultimatum: “You either make a deal, or we are out.” He canceled the planned signing ceremony of the bilateral minerals deal, ...

President Donald Trump sent U.S. troops to the southern border in one of his first actions as commander-in-chief. That he took such an action is not surprising since border security was the central ...