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Preparation is rarely wasted. Even when the scenario never materializes, the process strengthens institutions, sharpens strategic thinking, and improves readiness.
The wall in Western Sahara marks the practical frontline of a conflict most of the world has stopped watching.
Today, China controls the vast majority of rare earths processing. That gives it enormous political leverage, and its trade truce with the US involving those minerals expires Nov. 10, 2026.
Half of the officers who have been fired or blocked from promotion are women or Black. A scholar who studies the US military explains why that’s dangerous.
On The Conversation Weekly podcast, defence and security analyst Hugh White explains why the AUKUS project has been anything but smooth sailing.
Military leaders in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger came to power promising to defeat the insurgencies plaguing their countries. Instead, insecurity has worsened.
No, the US Space Academy wouldn’t be a real-life Starfleet Academy. But what it would be is still a little unclear.
Biological War tells the story of a hypothetical but realistic pathogen that quickly causes anarchy and mass casualties around the world.
Dynamite made from fish oil was one weapon deployed by an assertive Japan in the early 20th century
Testosterone has been hijacked. It’s no longer just a hormone but a measure of US military might.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is requiring service members to screen for low testosterone levels. Ironically, the military lifestyle itself is more likely to lower T levels.
The Pentagon recategorized Native religions as ‘other.’ A scholar of Native American and Indigenous Studies explains the implications of that change.
Two months after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made the flu vaccine optional in the military, an outbreak has led several branches of the military to make it mandatory again.
The collapse of the Future Combat Air System programme led by France and Germany highlights how diverging national interests and coordination difficulties are challenging European armament cooperation.
NATO is moving toward a broader approach to deterrence and defence — one that reflects elements of the ‘pan-domain’ thinking that Canada is championing.
Nations are concerned that adversaries will gain the advantage.
Europe’s security turn remains strikingly ad hoc, despite its massive increase in defence spending.
The US military helped create the first flu vaccine to keep service members in action – and the logic for requiring vaccination has not changed.
Humanitarian personnel put themselves in harm’s way to help others. An international law expert explains how we can keep them safe.
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