6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (1648+ words) War on the Rocks When the world's at stake, National security. For insiders. By insiders. Join War on the Rocks and gain access to content trusted by policymakers, military leaders, and strategic thinkers worldwide. Nicaragua’s Army Will Decide What Comes…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (147+ words) In 2025, Michael Hunzeker and Yuster Yu wrote, “Taiwan’s Biggest Problem in Steeling Itself for War With China is Cultural,” where they argued major cultural changes were needed in both Taiwan’s military and civilian society if it were to be competitive…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (174+ words) The regional grid operator can decide how unsupported load enters a regional capacity calculation. It cannot write the retail service contract between a utility and a data center or decide how a state allocates local distribution costs. The same project…...

3+ week, 10+ hour ago   (233+ words) China has also built special-purpose self-propelled transfer bridges to facilitate over-the-shore deliveries from roll-on/roll-off ships, and has been practicing using civilian landing craft — which exist in large numbers — to further supplement its sealift. Any serious assessment of Chinese amphibious…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (402+ words) In late July, Japan protested Sino-Russian live-fire drills held within the exclusive economic zone it claims around Okinotori. Tokyo cited the safety risks the drills posed to nearby vessels, but its broader objection was to Beijing’s claim that Okinotori is…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (219+ words) Yet American leaders are dragging their feet in reckoning with this undeniable technological transition. Many of the electrotech components defining this shift are associated with either Beijing or maligned as belonging to the climate movement, slowing their adoption. This transformation…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (170+ words) Xi could reverse this quickly if he chose. A single plenary session of the Central Committee would be enough to reshuffle the commission through normal party procedures, and such sessions have been held routinely in the past. That he has…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (339+ words) Neither number had been delivered by a technical expert wielding a seismograph. Each represented a political judgment about how much residual uncertainty its government should accept. The negotiations failed to produce a comprehensive ban. The treaty signed later that year…...

4+ week, 9+ hour ago   (985+ words) Emerging from the chaos of supplying the U.S. Army during the War of 1812, the War Department sought to foster domestic production of standardized muskets. Out of this industrial project arose an invention that laid the foundation for automation and mass production....