Multi-theater, freelance diplomacy is improvised and inconsistent, but it may be the only architecture capable of managing interlocking crises.

The killings of Ali Khamenei and Ali Larijani have pushed the Islamic Republic into its most acute crisis since 1979.

Iran’s missile attacks have alienated the Hashemite Kingdom, but the chances of Jordan joining the war are still slim.

Kazakhstan’s constitutional changes are intended to streamline decision-making and reduce uncertainty over presidential ...

The Marines’ decision to fire live artillery over a major California highway as part of its 250th birthday celebrations in ...

The governments of the Middle East should consider investments in nuclear fusion—not least because of its likely impact on hydrocarbons once introduced.

The last of the Marine Corps’ venerable AV-8B Harrier II fighter jets will be retired in June, to be replaced by the F-35B.

America’s strikes on Iranian oil exports are a sharp setback for China’s electricity infrastructure—helping the United States to outpace it in future AI development.

The USS Tortuga might be better known if she had not spent the last decade undergoing maintenance—a far longer span of time than her initial construction!

Mojtaba Khamenei’s accession to the post of Supreme Leader was a virtual certainty—following decades of careful political maneuvering by him and his father.

Despite Israel’s small size, it has developed a robust defense industry—and has set aside $1 billion for ongoing munitions production for the war on Iran and its allies.