The F-47 Shows the US Back in the Game

Washington showed that it cannot slacken off in the air dominance game just now.

A relatively recent artist’s impression of the Boeing NGAD entry into the US Air Force’s sixth-generation fighter competition against Lockheed Martin and, earlier, against Northrop-Grumman. Boeing and Lockheed Martin each built demonstrator models of their contenders. The competition had been put on hold in 2024 to evaluate competitive systems (from the PRC, particularly), costs, and threat, but a decision to proceed, and to select the Boeing contender to advance through project development was announced on March 21, 2025, by US Pres. Donald Trump.

Has the Canada-US Strategic Split Become Irreversible?

And what does that mean for the next era of strategic alliances? A new NATO? A new period of diminished cooperation between the US and Mexico, the US and European NATO, and so on?

Has Türkiye Finally Been Forced Off the Fence? And for How Long?

ESSENTIAL READING | The US at 250

The Next Strategic Advantage: the Restoration of Literacy

Perhaps the “experiment” in universal, forced literacy, has been a failure, an historical blip. Literacy is in retreat because of technology and because inquiring minds challenge leadership patterns. Yet intellectual capacity— signified by literacy— determines strategic success. What is to be done?

Read more

Has the Canada-US Strategic Split Become Irreversible?

Has Türkiye Finally Been Forced Off the Fence? And for How Long?

ESSENTIAL READING | The US at 250

The Next Strategic Advantage: the Restoration of Literacy