1. The Real Anti-Access Story

    During the Cold War, the Soviet Union had a strong political incentive to maximize diffusion of its military capabilities.  Proxies [...]

  2. An Overhyped Threat: Ballistic Missiles

    The spectacles of the Syrian Scud missile launches, the recent North Korean ballistic missile test, and the relative success of [...]

  3. Russia and America’s New Arms Race

    If reports in Russian state media last Friday are accurate, the world may be on the brink of seeing a [...]

  4. How Obama Got North Korea Wrong

    Just hours ago North Korea successfully tested what many consider to be intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) technology, underscoring the failure [...]

  5. Sorry Folks: Israel’s Iron Dome Won’t Work in Asia

    The apparent success of the Iron Dome anti-rocket system in the latest iteration of the Israel-Hamas conflict has spurred interest [...]

  6. More Missiles for Asia

    South Korea announced on Sunday it had reached a new agreement with the U.S. that allows it to substantially extend [...]

  7. Place Your Bets: North Korea’s Next Provocation

    Recent forays by North Korean fishing vessels across the disputed Northern Limit Line and DPRK Vice Minister Park Kil-yon’s statement that a “spark” could [...]

  8. Asia’s New Arms Race: Missiles, Missile Defenses

    The news that China is building a so-called “super-missile” is the latest in a string of developments with the potential [...]

  9. Rough Waters? The State of the ROK-U.S. Alliance

    As the U.S. and South Korean militaries conduct their annual joint military drill, their political counterparts have found themselves at [...]

  10. China’s Growing Long-Range Strike Capability

    While the jury is still out on whether China’s J-20 stealth aircraft will serve as a long-range bomber, there is mounting [...]