Ranked: The U.S. Military Is Officially the Most Powerful in 2024
Sep 27, 2024 · Details: The rankings evaluated 145 countries based on more than 60 criteria, including military size, financial resources, and logistical capabilities.The U.S., with its $876 billion defense ...
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For North Korea, Fighting in Ukraine Is an Ideological Dream Come True. The regime may well be successful in convincing the public that this is a necessary sacrifice in the same “sacred war ...
Here's the American Gameplan for Nuclear War with Russia
Jan 15, 2022 · Here's What You Need to Know: Former U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff David Goldfein mapped out what he would do if Russia attacked the US with a nuclear weapon.
Should the United States Defend or Ditch Taiwan?
Jun 3, 2022 · The ambiguity of America’s policy over Taiwan is aimed at maintaining the status quo—both by reining in enthusiasm for Taiwanese independence and deterring China’s invasion of Taiwan.
What is the Point of the U.S. Military Presence in Syria?
Mar 10, 2024 · Members of the U.S. military are sitting ducks in the Middle East, and in December 2023, eighty-four members of the Senate voted to keep them there because fewer U.S. troops in the Middle East ...
Afghanistan Under the Taliban: What We Know and Don’t Know
May 14, 2024 · The latest UN Secretary-General’s report on Afghanistan, a comprehensive snapshot of developments in the country prepared every quarter by the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), took ...
Why Ukraine Matters to the United States | The National Interest
Feb 7, 2022 · The current crisis in Eastern Europe is not just about whether the United States and NATO can stop Russia from invading Ukraine, as important as that is.It is also about the larger causes of ...
New Sources Reveal Why Germans Joined Hitler’s Nazi Party
Jan 30, 2022 · Falter’s findings in his new book Wie ich den Weg zum Führer fand (“How I found my way to the Führer”) are sure to surprise some readers. The NSDAP was an anti-Semitic party, but anti ...
Who Really Killed the Gold Standard? | The National Interest
Mar 18, 2015 · The received truth about the elimination of the gold standard in the United States (and by extension, the U.S. Dollar being the world’s reserve currency, throughout the rest of the world) is ...
Why So Many Americans Oppose ‘Gun Control’ Laws
Apr 4, 2021 · Entrenched opposition to gun control laws, even following mass shootings, doesn’t come from the power of the NRA. It comes from the foundational worldview of Americans who not only look at gun ...