Andrew Latham

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  • May 5, 2026
    The Iran ceasefire holds. Diplomats produce something they can call a framework. The immediate military pressure eases, and Washington declares a measure of success.
  • May 4, 2026
    The debate over what China’s military is actually for keeps producing the wrong answer because it keeps asking the wrong question. Global power projection or regional enforcer...
  • Apr 27, 2026
    Russia pocketed several billion dollars in the first two weeks after the Strait of Hormuz closed. That figure is worth sitting with — real money, attached...
  • Apr 23, 2026
    President Donald Trump has claimed victory in the war in Iran even before the conflict is over. But despite killing the country’s leader and seriously...
  • Apr 11, 2026
    Late last month, standing on the deck of a Royal Canadian Navy warship in Halifax, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced something his predecessors had promised for a decade but never...
  • Apr 3, 2026
    If the United States cannot secure a clean victory over Iran — a country with no blue-water navy, no fifth-generation air force, and an economy smaller than the state of Texas...
  • Mar 16, 2026
    Dr. Andrew Latham, a professor of international relations, evaluates the “Day After” scenarios for Iran. While Operation Epic Fury has achieved significant military...
  • Mar 9, 2026
    The Trump Doctrine, a fundamental shift in American power projection, is currently being visualized through the high-intensity strikes of Operation Epic Fury. 
  • Mar 6, 2026
    Dr. Andrew Latham, a professor of international relations and fellow at Defense Priorities, evaluates this “Trumpian Dilemma.” He argues that while the mission to disable...
  • Feb 18, 2026
    A major U.S. strike campaign could severely damage Iran’s nuclear infrastructure, missile networks, and IRGC command nodes.
  • Feb 2, 2026
    The division of Korea was always understood to be temporary. In its early decades, that presumption was based on the armistice itself, which called for a ceasefire to suspend...
  • Jan 27, 2026
    Everyone Is Asking the Wrong Question About Trump’s Foreign Policy  
  • Jan 21, 2026
    Greenland is unlikely to fracture NATO as an institution, but it could weaken what matters most: deterrence credibility. If Washington applies visible pressure on Denmark over...
  • Jan 16, 2026
    Much of the commentary on Donald Trump’s approach to Iran begins from a familiar assumption: that he is bent on toppling the Islamic Republic—the reading...
  • Jan 9, 2026
    President Trump’s renewed call to “take control” of Greenland is being dismissed by experts as a strategic “bluff” with no military rationale.