This is the first article in a new occasional series featuring battles that just didn’t matter, that looked important in isolation but had ...

On June 22, the United States announced that it had signed a nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia. This type of ...

The most successful deterrent threats leave no evidence behind. No missiles fly. No networks go down. No troops cross borders ...

The Guardia Nacional and the Entrenchment of Mexico’s Militarization’,” where he warned Mexico was headed toward a ...

In the Pacific War, the U.S. Navy’s underwater demolition teams prepared the way for U.S. and allied amphibious landings on ...

In the speech announcing his invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, Vladimir Putin took only minutes to arrive at the original ...

Let's not start picking out uniforms just yet. The chorus calling for a Cyber Force continues to grow by the day, but the ...

Taiwan produces the world’s most advanced semiconductors, yet the island’s own military is only in the opening stages of ...

Water disputes can directly drive conflict, but more often, water scarcity acts as a catalyst — one that, combined with other ...

In March 2025, China’s military researchers published a concept describing how to rapidly capture and subdue the city of ...

Somewhere, a hard drive is filling up with secrets no one can read yet, and its owner is waiting for the machine that opens ...

Welcome to The Adversarial. Every other week, we’ll provide you with expert analysis on America’s greatest challengers: China ...