SecurityCommentary
Rare Earth Elements Aren’t That Rare, but They’re Vital to National Security
For one-third of the price of one F-35 Lightning II, the Pentagon made a key investment to ensure its supply of rare earth elements. The… Read More
SecurityCommentary
For one-third of the price of one F-35 Lightning II, the Pentagon made a key investment to ensure its supply of rare earth elements. The… Read More
SecurityCommentary
In World War II, the United States became known as “the arsenal of democracy” and has filled that role ever since, with a robust defense… Read More
SecurityCommentary
“There were terrible moments that encompassed a lifetime, an endlessness, when terror was so strong in me, that I could feel idiocy replace reason. [Yet,]… Read More
SecurityCommentary
In 2017, Lawrence Bass died at an Army ammunition plant when the ammunition components he was handling exploded. He and one other man have died in the last 10 years due… Read More
SecurityCommentary
A fire aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy on its way to a research mission in the Arctic late last month forced the Coast Guard to… Read More
SecurityCommentary
In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Trump administration was criticized for not using the Defense Production Act quickly enough or in sufficient… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The coronavirus is causing disruption across all sectors of the economy, and the defense industrial base is no exception. To minimize the impact on military… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The coronavirus pandemic is affecting the entire global economy, and the defense industry is no exception. But defense contractors and the Pentagon are working hard… Read More
LawAnalysis
In a White House press briefing Wednesday, President Donald Trump said that he was invoking the Defense Production Act in the event he needed to… Read More
EconomyCommentary
President Barack Obama tried to end the United States’ use of anti-personnel land mines, but President Donald Trump is bringing them back. The Trump administration… Read More