#Military strategy

Articles (21)

• 🇬🇧 Pakistan hopes steep cost of airstrikes on Taliban targets will protect against terror attacks — 18/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Experts say attacks on Afghanistan are ‘defensive, not offensive’ but carry a risk of spiralling cycle of violence</p><p>An escalating Pakistani campaign of airstrikes against targets in Afghanista...

  Related: #Counter-terrorism
• 🇺🇸 With Iran choking off the Strait of Hormuz, what can the U.S. do? — 15/03/2026 [USA]

  As the United States continues to intensify its war against Iran, the transit of oil through the Strait of Hormuz is still choked off – and the ramifications are being felt around the world. CBS News ...

  Related: #Geopolitical conflict, #Energy security
• 🇬🇧 We attacked Iran with no clear plan for regime change, Israeli security sources say — 12/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>If regime holds, control of enriched uranium may be ultimate measure of US-Israeli success, insiders say</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/mar/12/iran-war-live-upda...

  Related: #Israel-Iran conflict
• 🇺🇸 US not expanding military objectives in Iran, Hegseth says — 05/03/2026 [USA] Related: #US-Iran relations
• 🇺🇦 French nuclear weapons revamp upsets Russia's calculus — 05/03/2026 [Ukraine]

  Caught between bellicose Russia and an unsteady U.S., Paris is expanding its nuclear arsenal and moving to strengthen European deterrence. The EU&apos;s only nuclear power announced on March 2 that...

  Related: #Nuclear weapons, #Geopolitics
• 🇺🇸 There Is Nothing Inevitable About a Russian Victory in Ukraine — 04/03/2026 [USA]

  If Russia has all the cards, why has it achieved so little?

  Related: #Russian-Ukrainian conflict, #War miscalculations
• 🇺🇸 Trump: US has 'unlimited' munitions to fight wars 'forever' — 03/03/2026 [USA]

  President Trump said late Monday that the U.S. has “virtually unlimited” munitions to fight wars “forever," just days after the U.S. and Israel launched joint strikes in Iran. “The United States Munit...

  Related: #Military capability, #Geopolitical tensions
• 🇺🇸 Lawmakers: Israeli plan to attack Iran dictated Trump’s decision on strikes — 03/03/2026 [USA]

  Senior lawmakers in both parties said on Monday that the Trump administration’s decision to launch bombing and missile strikes across Iran this weekend was largely dictated by Israel’s plan to attack ...

  Related: #International relations, #Political alliances
• 🇺🇸 Rubio says planned Israeli action against Iran prompted US strikes — 03/03/2026 [USA] Related: #U.S. foreign policy, #Middle East tensions, #International diplomacy
• 🇺🇸 Expert panel breaks down U.S. objectives in Iran war — 02/03/2026 [USA]

  For more perspective on war in Iran, Amna Nawaz spoke with Alan Eyre, Joel Rayburn and Holly Dagres. Eyre was part of the Obama administration's negotiating team for the Iran nuclear deal and is now a...

  Related: #U.S.-Iran conflict, #Foreign policy analysis, #Expert commentary
• 🇺🇸 Ret. Gen. Frank McKenzie says it's too soon to be "thinking about an off-ramp" in Iran mission — 01/03/2026 [USA]

  Iran policy analyst Karim Sadjadpour and former CENTCOM commander and CBS News contributor Ret. Gen. Frank McKenzie join "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" to discuss what's next for Iran after t...

  Related: #Iran policy, #U.S.-Iran relations, #Middle East security, #De-escalation
• 🇺🇸 Trump has no realistic plan for Iran’s future — 01/03/2026 [USA]

  The US president has not understood the lessons of past wars for regime change in Iraq and Afghanistan

  Related: #Regime change, #Middle East stability, #Political transitions
• 🇺🇸 What we know so far about Iran's retaliatory strikes on U.S. and Israeli targets — 28/02/2026 [USA]

  The Free Press contributor Jay Solomon and Aaron McLean, a national security and defense fellow at the Hudson Institute, break down some of the "worst case scenarios" as Iran retaliates following the ...

  Related: #Middle East security, #Geopolitical tensions
• 🇺🇸 Defensive munition shortages to shape any US attack on Iran — 27/02/2026 [USA]

  US and Israel burned through interceptors at an unprecedented rate during last year’s 12-day war

  Related: #Defense capabilities, #International relations, #Munitions production, #Geopolitical conflict
• 🇺🇸 For Trump, Military Strike in Iran Could Serve Symbolic Purpose — 26/02/2026 [USA]

  Some officials in the Trump administration hope an attack would force Iran to give up its nuclear enrichment program. Others have doubts.

  Related: #Middle East tensions, #Nuclear proliferation
• 🇺🇸 WATCH: 'Can't let' Iran have a nuclear weapon, Trump says — 25/02/2026 [USA]

  The U.S. has been building up its largest military presence of American warships and aircraft in decades in the Middle East, as the Trump administration plans to restart talks with Iran over its nucle...

  Related: #Nuclear proliferation, #Diplomacy
• 🇺🇸 Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson calls on allies to send noncombat troops to Ukraine — 21/02/2026 [USA]

  Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the U.K. and its European allies should immediately deploy noncombat troops to Ukraine to show Vladimir Putin that Western nations are committed to the...

  Related: #International relations, #Western support for Ukraine
• 🇺🇦 Ukraine hits Russian planes, ships in Crimea, artillery in major strikes on occupied territories — 21/02/2026 [Ukraine]

  The final extent of the damage on the Crimean Peninsula is still being assessed, the General Staff said.

  Related: #Defense operations, #Technological warfare, #Territorial control, #Protection of civilians
• 🇺🇸 As Trump Weighs Iran Strikes, He Declines to Make Clear Case for Why — 20/02/2026 [USA]

  Rarely in modern times has the United States prepared to conduct a major act of war with so little explanation or public debate.

  Related: #Foreign policy, #Presidential decision-making
• 🇺🇸 AFSOC strategizes on adapting special air warfare for an evolving world — 19/02/2026 [USA]

  AFSOC opened the 2026 Special Air Warfare Symposium with senior leaders underscoring the command’s enduring focus on people and rapid adaptability to win the future fight in a complex and ever-changin...

  Related: #Technological adaptation, #Global security
• 🇬🇧 Do not give away Diego Garcia, Trump tells UK in fresh attack on Chagos deal — 18/02/2026 [United Kingdom]

  The president's comments come just a day after the US gave its official backing to the UK's Chagos deal.

  Related: #International relations, #Sovereignty disputes, #Decolonisation, #Allied cooperation