Please join The Impossible State podcast for a timely discussion on the outcomes of the APEC meetings and South Korea's nuclear submarine deal. The conversation will be moderated by Dr. Victor Cha and ...
Nuclear-powered cruise missiles are not a new idea—they’re just a bad idea. While Russia’s Burevestnik missile is grabbing ...
The United States is overseeing a seismic reordering of defense priorities and assets to the Western Hemisphere. At the time of this writing, four destroyers, one cruiser, one nuclear-powered attack ...
China’s economy is at a transformational moment. For more than two decades, a growth model centered on the debt-fueled construction of housing and infrastructure propelled the country’s rapid ...
Since 2022, China has conducted numerous military drills and exercises simulating blockades of the island of Taiwan, a democracy of 23 million that sits astride one of the world's maritime chokepoints ...
Under the Trump administration, military aid to Ukraine has been on and off, then partially on, then on again, and then increased further. That's where the policy lies as of Tuesday, July 15. Yet, ...
China’s recent export controls, especially of rare earth elements (REEs), have left Western companies reeling, with some firms allegedly considering shifting elements of production back to China just ...
Russian military forces have failed to effectively advance along multiple axes in Ukraine, seized limited territory, lost substantial quantities of equipment relative to Ukraine, and suffered ...
On May 16, 2025, Moody’s downgraded the United States’ credit rating, making it the last major rating agency to strip the United States of its Aaa rating. This downgrade is more than a technical ...
The reciprocal tariffs announced last week have introduced great uncertainty to the global economy. As stocks plummet and fears of recession increase, it is clear that no sector is spared from the ...
Over the March 22 weekend, it was reported that the China Ship Scientific Research Centre (CSSRC) and its affiliated State Key Laboratory of Deep-sea Manned Vehicles have developed a ship able to cut ...
On April 2, 2025—a date President Trump proclaimed “Liberation Day”—the administration announced the most sweeping tariff hike since the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, the 1930 law best remembered for ...