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

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...