What Does Mattis as Defense Secretary Mean for the Military and for Trump?
Mattis vs. Trump: Some big differences.
Mattis vs. Trump: Some big differences.
I was thinking the other day that I haven’t seen a lot of interesting military crime stories lately.
The rap on him in the intelligence world is that he is great tactically but clueless strategically.
Mel Gibson is back on a redemption tour.
The Donald and Vlad might not be holding hands, but they’re clearly friends with benefits.
Everyone in the defense world is into innovation these days. But how is it done?
Even the world’s most experienced job coach won’t prepare Trump and his coterie for the havoc the Middle East can wreak on a presidential agenda.
I keep on reading that allegation but I wonder if it is really correct.
No, if he orders nuclear war. Yes, if he asks them to fiddle at the margins.
Even as the incoming administration fills its top cabinet and advisory roles, Trump’s foreign-policy plans are still a mystery.
Will Trump be a pragmatic leader, or someone who lurches from one hasty, uninformed decision made solely on gut instinct to another?
Soldiers need a sense of a shared future, both with their comrades and their leaders.
Inexperience, horrible judgment, and a bad man are an awful combination.
Why a very old-school foreign policy doctrine might actually work for the Trump administration.
The political categories we've inherited are obsolete, but we don’t have anything to replace them with yet.
Transitions can be bruising experiences internally. There is a big difference between what a presidential candidate promises and what a president-elect can offer.
In 1943, more books were published in France than in either the United States or Britain.
We need to redefine victory: It is not just removing the enemy, it is achieving the objective.
My survey of new military history books is in this Sunday’s New York Times Book Review.
There’s a lot of people feeling wounded this week.
A stunning upset that sent shockwaves around the world is sinking in. Is the world order forever changed?
Dismissing a President Trump's reservations about the premier Western military alliance won't wash.
On losing, gloating, and the future of the GOP.
retired Army Lieutenant General Michael Flynn is now one of the most influential voices in U.S. national security.
We each hold musters of the mind and hidden roll calls of our soul.
The darkest fears (and silver lining) of a Trump presidency.
The unthinkable is now the reality, and the hard work for both those who supported Trump and for those who opposed him is now just beginning.
As of today, Lieutenant General Michael Flynn and Newt Gingrich are probably the two most influential voices in national security.
I’d been taught that “blitzkrieg” was a pseudo-German term invented by the Anglo-American press to describe the emerging Nazi way of war.
Submarines and aviation get what they need, mine warfare suffers what it must.
Time for some sober reflection.
The United States has endured what is arguably one of the most polarizing elections in recent history. How will America recover once it’s over?
What to expect on day one from the new Clinton administration.
The U.S. government fails to recognize the space between war and peace, and so allows our adversaries to operate almost at will in that space.
Remember last month I said how much I like the no-holds-barred reviews in The Journal of Military History? Well, it turns out that not everyone agrees — especially some of those getting reviewed.
Everything I see about Putin tells me that he is a classic short-term thinker.
“The right to vote is precious, nearly sacred, and we must use it.”
The Brexit has laid bare the political schism of our time. It’s not about the left vs. the right; it’s about the sane vs. the mindlessly angry.
The campaign shenanigans might end on Nov. 8, but the damage done to America’s reputation could be insurmountable.
But we can still prevent our household appliances from becoming an army of malicious computer zombies out to destroy the web.
Moscow insiders say it doesn’t matter who wins on November 8. Putin has America right where he wants it.
Rate of fire doesn’t seem to be important in today’s militaries. The problem seems to me firing too much and running out of ammunition.
I guess the Pentagon liked the Best Defense essay contests so much that they are starting their own
Butch is thinking, “I better get a goddam good treat if I have to jump in that cold water.”
Clinton’s instincts might be overly aggressive. Trump’s are an incoherent catastrophe.
The key question in U.S. counter-terrorism operations in places like Somalia or Pakistan is: Are these operations part of the equilibrium or disrupting it in a favorable or unfavorable way?
Even if officers are only introduced to militarized tactics a single time in their career, it can still in a moment of crisis frame their mindset.
According to an intelligence officer, "China’s navy is akin to a teenager who has grown into an unfamiliar muscular physique and has the keys to a used aircraft carrier with a new paint job."
The Best Defense Council of the Former Enlisted (and the entire NCO Corps) needs to get a better education on the soldier's load.









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