Before he served as President Trump’s first secretary of defense, Gen. James Mattis, as head of U.S. Central Command, ...

American hard power. We should start rebuilding it. American defense needs a renaissance. After a decade of budget cutbacks — and now amid rapid inflation — our military is stagnating.

He said that the government would spend 2.5 per cent of GDP on defence by 2027 - an extra £13.4 billion pounds paid for by slashing the UK’s foreign aid. Speaking to LBC’s Nick Ferrari, Defence ...

Breaking that dependency would require a rapid expansion in military capabilities and capacity ... back is no longer enough in a world where hard power is the only real currency once again.

China is flexing its military muscle in the region to show that it will not wait for the Trump administration to decide how ...

Hard power uses material assets to compel and coerce others to bow to your will. War is not necessarily required; threats backed by economic and military assets may suffice to change how others ...

Each year, The Heritage Foundation’s Index of U.S. Military Strength employs a standardized, consistent set of criteria, accessible both to government officials and to the American public ...

Vladimir Putin relies on old-fashioned, “hard” military coercion ... The stakes in this asymmetric high noon of soft vs. hard power could not be greater. The West – which now includes ...

Breaking that dependency would require a rapid expansion in military capabilities and capacity across the ... Ukraine as the US steps back is no longer enough in a world where hard power is the only ...