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2 days ago | 
aei.org | Kori Schake |Yvonne Chiu |John Ferrari |Mara E. Karlin
Article A New Conservative Foreign Policy Book Beginning the End Podcast The Inheritance: America’s Military After Two Decades of War Op-Ed How Pete Hegseth Is Streamlining the Pentagon Op-Ed Russia and China’s Military Production Surge: Why the U.S. Military Is Alarmed Podcast The State of U.S. Military Readiness: Eaglen on Breaking Battlegrounds Podcast Post The Wrong Signals: The Proper Role of a Defense Secretary Post The Ladder of AI Escalation Multimedia Trump’s Transactional Foreign...
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1 week ago | 
aei.org | Mackenzie Eaglen |Brady Africk |John Ferrari |Mara E. Karlin
Op-Ed The U.S. Can’t Handle a War Op-Ed Cut Army Structure, Not Army End Strength Podcast The Inheritance: America’s Military After Two Decades of War Multimedia What’s America Without Allies?
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3 weeks ago | 
aei.org | John Ferrari |Mara E. Karlin
Episode 127 of the Irregular Warfare Podcast explores the lasting impact of the Global War on Terrorism and what the United States has inherited—militarily, politically, and socially—after twenty years of conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan. Karlin and MG Ferrari begin by examining how the U.S. military has historically navigated post-war transitions, particularly following protracted irregular conflicts.
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Dec 18, 2024 | 
foreignaffairs.com | Michael Froman |Andrea Kendall-Taylor |Michael Kofman |Mara E. Karlin
On August 6, 2024, Ukrainian forces launched a surprise cross-border offensive into Russia’s Kursk region—the biggest foreign incursion into Russian territory since World War II. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s response was telling. Days after Ukraine’s offensive, Putin railed against the United States and Europe. “The West is fighting us with the hands of the Ukrainians,” he said, reiterating his view that Russia’s war in Ukraine is in fact a proxy battle with the West.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
startribune.com | John Rash |Mara E. Karlin
That’s tragically apparent in the Mideast, Eastern Ukraine, Sudan and other war-torn areas around the world.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
substack.news-items.com | John Ellis |Mara E. Karlin
1. Mara Karlin: Every age had its own kind of war, its own limiting conditions, and its own peculiar preconceptions,” the defense theorist Carl von Clausewitz wrote in the early nineteenth century. There is no doubt that Clausewitz was right. When war changes, the new shape it takes almost always comes as a surprise.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
almendron.com | Mara E. Karlin
Every age had its own kind of war, its own limiting conditions, and its own peculiar preconceptions”, the defense theorist Carl von Clausewitz wrote in the early nineteenth century. There is no doubt that Clausewitz was right. And yet it is surprisingly difficult to characterize war at any given moment in time; doing so becomes easier only with hindsight. Harder still is predicting what kind of war the future might bring. When war changes, the new shape it takes almost always comes as a surprise.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
brookings.edu | Jeffrey Feltman |Steven Heydemann |Colin H. Kahl |Mara E. Karlin
Israel’s killing of Hezbollah secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah in Lebanon on September 27, 2024 will have ripple effects across the Middle East. Brookings experts reflect on the implications of the Hezbollah leader’s death. Hezbollah is the Islamic Republic of Iran’s most successful export. Led by Hassan Nasrallah for 32 years, the “party of God” is the most capable and best-armed non-state armed group in the world. It is Iran’s partner, more than a proxy.
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Jun 12, 2024 | 
warontherocks.com | Mara E. Karlin
TO: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSEFROM: NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL STAFFTHROUGH: LTG H.R. MCMASTER, ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRSRE: NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATIONAs you know, the president recently released his National Security Strategy.
