In February 2026, the United States and Israel initiated a war in the Middle East against Iran. Since then, the warring sides ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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

For 18 days in June, two of America’s most capable AI models went dark worldwide, not for technical or business reasons, but ...

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

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