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A transfer could slow decision-making and complicate alliance coordination during the unprecedented chaos of a dual contingency.
Beyond the pilots and aircraft is a critical, overlooked layer of support that needs buttressing: the public schools that make mission readiness possible.
Justin Sanchez • August 5, 2025
Elevating AI and chips to national priorities is essential, but it’s also time to give biotechnology and biosecurity the same strategic focus. The U.S. should stop treating biosecurity as a low-visibility, high-impact endeavor and recommit to biotechnology as a launchpad for economic prosperity, with biosecurity as the guardrails that keep us accelerating in the right direction into the future.
The lack of U.S. manufacturing for flat panel displays and reliance on Chinese sources present significant, potentially catastrophic risks to the U.S. military, economy and infrastructure.
Whether in sports, the military or civilian life, too many lives have been shattered by the consequences of brain injury and mental health conditions left unaddressed.
The Navy’s program executive office for unmanned systems and small combatants is potentially on the chopping block. That’s a bad idea.
The nuclear age has seen many arguments put forward in favor of abolishing nuclear weapons. So far, none has prevailed over nuclear deterrence.
When compared with similar and more expensive U.S. warships, foreign vessels have come up remarkably short in combat capability.
Some pundits propose a return to monarchy through the son of the deposed Shah. This is a dangerous fantasy.
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