Defense Priorities

Articles

Op-edGrand strategy

Trump’s Golden Dome is a destabilizing pipe dream

By Thomas P. Cavanna

February 26, 2026

Op-edGrand strategy

How Trump’s Board of Peace is set up for a multibillion dollar fail

By Thomas P. Cavanna

February 19, 2026

Op-edGrand strategy, Asia, China

Trump’s Diego Garcia fears miss the strategic point

By Thomas P. Cavanna

February 17, 2026

In the mediaWestern Hemisphere, Grand strategy, Russia

Trump awards final contracts under U.S.-Finnish icebreaker partnership to Canada-linked defense company

Featuring Lyle Goldstein

February 11, 2026

Op-edGrand strategy, Iran, Ukraine, Ukraine‑Russia, US‑Israel‑Iran

What happens when we give Europe first dibs on U.S. missiles for war

By Jennifer Kavanagh

February 9, 2026

Op-edGrand strategy

Whatever happened to ‘America first?’

By Adam Gallagher

February 4, 2026