Two Years After Russia Invaded Ukraine
This week marks the second anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The ongoing conflict has brought renewed focus on the regional threat posed by Russian revanchism and presents challenges to security and stability both in the region and elsewhere. The geopolitical implications are immense. The conflict has established new benchmarks in the ways of modern warfare and demonstrated anew just how dangerous the world is.
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Hamas: Palestinian Civilians Are Also Terrorists
Although many of the Hamas terrorists who invaded Israel were equipped with GoPro cameras that documented their crimes against Israelis, the leaders of the terrorist group are trying to send a message to the world that most of the atrocities against Israelis were not committed by their men. Instead, they argue, many of the crimes were perpetrated by Palestinian civilians who infiltrated the border after Hamas terrorists destroyed the security barrier during the invasion.
Hamas is right. Many ordinary Palestinians did participate in the October 7 assault on Israel.
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Rethinking Force Design for a Post-Dominance Era
The era of US military dominance is now coming to a predictable end. During ongoing conflicts in Ukraine, the Middle East, and the Caucasus, state and nonstate groups are widely proliferating and employing the sensor, precision weapon, networking, and processing capabilities that the DoD pioneered in the late Cold War. Exploiting commercial and military technologies, the US military’s pacing threat, the People’s Republic of China (PRC), has fielded an extensive precision strike network of sensors across every domain that support guided weapons launchers at sea, ashore, and in the air.
Because it boasts the most advanced versions of relevant capabilities and highly proficient operators, the US military remains superior to the opponents it could face in the majority of plausible scenarios. But this lead is narrowing. In some situations and geographies—such as a short-notice invasion of Taiwan by the PRC—US forces would be at a disadvantage and hard-pressed to succeed without risking unacceptable losses.
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