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The Defense Department's matrix of potential threats identifiesthree categories of unconventional danger: "irregular" threats suchas terrorism and insurgency; "catastrophic" threats involvingweapons of mass destruction; and "disruptive" threats wheretechnology breakthroughs deprive America of military advantage.There are, however, some important gaps in the logic of the newdefense paradigm.
In December 2022, corruption revelations involving the state-owned Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi (ETT) mining company sparked enormous protests in Ulaanbaatar. What initially began as a backlash against an entrenched “coal mafia” snowballed into a trenchant critique of the government’s inability (and unwillingness) to provide a better future for Mongolia’s youth. Protestors told The Diplomat that suffocating
As I point out here, there's no difference whatsoever -- now or ever -- between classified documents found at Mar-a-Largo or those found at the Penn Biden
Commentary A former U.S. Marine fighter pilot is awaiting extradition from Australia to the United States. He’s charged ...
The United States and its allies are at risk of missile attack from a growing number of states and nonstate terrorist organizations. This growing threat is particularly clear in East Asia, where diplomacy has failed to stop North Korea from developing nuclear weapons and the missiles to deliver them on target, and where China continues the most active nuclear force modernization program in the world. To counter these growing threats, the U.S. should work with its allies, including South Korea and Japan, to develop and deploy missile defenses, including ground-based, sea-based, and air-based co...