Welcome to The Adversarial. Every other week, we’ll provide you with expert analysis on America’s greatest challengers: China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and jihadists. Read more below. *** China This week highlighted the importance of both domestic politics and economic policy in the United States and China, as China held its long-awaited Third Plenum and the Republican National Convention met to formally nominate Donald Trump and J.D. Vance as candidates for president and vice […]

Coordinated arson attacks on France’s national high-speed rail network have disrupted travel ahead of the opening ceremony for the Olympics in Paris.

Los incendios provocaron retrasos y hacen mella en la sensación de seguridad que Francia había querido proyectar sobre la organización de los Juegos Olímpicos de París.

7/26/24 National Security and Korean News and Commentary Access National Security News HERE. Access Korean News HERE. National Security News Content: 1. How four U.S. presidents unleashed economic warfare across the globe 2. Speculation Swirls About What Hit Trump. An Analysis Suggests It was a Bullet 3. Arson attacks paralyze French high-speed rail network hours before start of Olympics 4. Chinese and Russian bombers patrolling off Alaska raise concerns about growing military […]

Tensions between China and the Philippines have escalated dramatically in recent months around Second Thomas Shoal, a submerged reef in the eastern Spratly Islands. The Chinese Coast Guard has repeatedly attempted to block delivery of food, water, and building supplies to the Philippine marine detachment aboard the BRP Sierra Madre, a World War II–era warship grounded on the shoal since 1999. In at least two incidents since March, China’s use of coercion has injured Philippines sailors. The […]

Ryan Evans talks with Philip Zelikow about his recent article for TNSR, “Confronting Another Axis? History, Humility, and Wishful Thinking.” Their wide-ranging and insightful conversation covers everything from Zelikow’s career as a high-level foreign policy practitioner and as an historian, his experience directing the 9/11 Commission, his argument that we are in an exceptionally volatile time in global politics, and more. Image: ChatGPT The post Mitigating Risks in a Volatile World: A […]

The military said that intelligence, including information from detained Palestinian militants, had led to the bodies in the Khan Younis area.

Something WICKED This Way Comes: The Future Singularity of Asymmetric Warfare Innovations ZFTWARNING Thu, 07/25/2024 – 2:51pm This short essay provides a projection of the future operational environment (2035-2050)—through the fictional Project WICKED—and its impact on US Army warfighting through the lens of Fourth Epoch War theory. This OSINT fusion-based theory has been utilized since the early 1990s to support US LE, MIL, and GOV activities including Minerva (DoD), Futures […]

In 2020, Walker D. Mills and Dylan “Joose” Phillips-Levine wrote “The Future of Tactical Airlift is Here and it’s Vertical,” where they explore tactical airlift use in the U.S. military and argue that rotary-wing and tilt-rotor aircrafts should have a significant role in the future. Four years later, we invited them back to discuss how tactical airlift has evolved.  Read more below. Image: U.S. Air Force (Photo by Staff Sgt. Rose Gudex) In your 2020 article “The Future of Tactical […]

The West African nation of Burkina Faso was once known for its lively arts scene. Now, it is a country torn apart by Islamist extremists and the government’s brutal effort to drive them out.