Russia to Supply Advance Fighter Aircraft to Egypt
KIEV, Ukraine—Moscow announced earlier this week that it had concluded a contract to deliver “20 or more” of the “heavy multi-role fighter aircraft Sukhoi Su-35 to Egypt.”
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Why Germany Should Love a World Dominated by America
Which country is more powerful: Russia or Germany? At first glance, the question seems random. Why those two countries? And what is the point of asking? As it turns out, the answer reveals why an American-dominated world order is so important to preserve.
How China and Russia Could Defeat the U.S. in War
Despite maintaining military supremacy—albeit by a smaller margin than in recent decades—the U.S. could still lose wars against China and Russia, both of which have developed concepts of defeating a more powerful America in armed conflict.
China’s Growing Hawkishness
Jessica Chen Weiss, a professor of government at Cornell University, explores how hawkish the Chinese public is in a new and important article in the Journal of Contemporary China. The article, titled “How Hawkish Is the Chinese Public? Another Look at ‘Rising Nationalism’ and Chinese Foreign Policy,” finds that the Chinese public is quite hawkish—in fact, perhaps more so than its leaders.
Russian Military Chief Outlines Aggressive Anti-U.S. War Strategy
Russia’s large-scale military buildup is being augmented by greater use of non-military warfare against the United States, the chief of the Russian general staff revealed last week.
European Commander Wants More Military Power to Counter Russia
The commander of the European Command told Congress on Tuesday that U.S. forces in Europe need more troops, ships, and weapons to deter growing threats from Russia.
DIA: China to Deploy ASAT Laser by 2020
China’s military is expected to deploy a laser weapon capable of destroying or damaging U.S. military satellites in low earth orbit in the next year, the Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency disclosed in a report on space threats.
U.S. Bolstering Pacific Military Forces to Counter ‘Massive’ Beijing Buildup
The U.S. military is adding forces and bases in Asia to counter a “massive” buildup of Chinese military forces and aggressive efforts by Beijing to expand Chinese communism, the commander of the Indo-Pacific Command told Congress on Tuesday.
U.S. Warships Pass Through Taiwan Strait Amid China Tensions
TAIPEI (Reuters) – The United States sent two warships through the Taiwan Strait on Thursday in the first such operation this year, the Taiwan government said, as it increases the frequency of transits through the strategic waterway to the concern of China.
Supreme Court Lets Trump Transgender Troop Restrictions Take Effect
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday let President Donald Trump enforce his policy barring certain transgender people from joining or staying in the military as the justices put on hold lower court rulings blocking the plan on constitutional grounds.
