Jennifer Kavanagh

The report was authored by Jennifer Kavanagh, a senior fellow and director of military analysis at the right-of-center Defense Priorities Foundation

President Donald Trump has defended the costly dent the war on Iran has put in U.S. coffers and arms stockpiles by claiming that weapons production could be maintained indefinitely and blaming his predecessor for devoting even more munitions to Ukraine in its battle with Russia

Narrowly confirmed by the Senate amid allegations of financial mismanagement in prior jobs and heavy drinking, which Mr Hegseth denied, the former Fox News weekend host and voluble culture warrior appeared badly underqualified and no match for the generals and admirals he would direct

European nations fear substantial reductions to the roughly 80,000 U.S. troops deployed across the continent, alongside potential retaliation against countries that President Donald Trump believes failed to adequately support the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran

Scott Bessent: an economic D-Day is coming for Iran

Trump made the surprise announcement about the troop drawdown in a social media post just before US and South Korean soldiers began Monday's annual Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises

Trump announced the order on social media, directing the US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, to scale back Ulchi Freedom Shield, an 11-day exercise due to run from 17 to 27 August involving about 18,000 South Korean troops rehearsing scenarios including missile strikes, drone incursions and cyber-attacks

Volodymyr Zelensky is set to meet Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday as questions mount over the future of US military support for Kyiv

The United States has carried out another wave of airstrikes on Iran, where air defenses opened fire over the capital, Tehran

The United States has carried out another wave of airstrikes on Iran, where air defenses opened fire over the capital, Tehran

UAE travellers urged to check flights amid US strikes and regional nuclear shifts

The United States plans to sharply scale back the military capabilities it makes available to assist European allies during a crisis, including fighter jets, warships and mid-air refuelling aircraft, German news outlet Spiegel reported on Tuesday

Donald Trump is said to have been exposed internationally this week following his latest move, with some suggesting Iran may have been one step ahead all along

Only five ships pass through Strait of Hormuz in 24 hours

Only five ships pass through Strait of Hormuz in 24 hours

For these states, the bigger risk may not be a Gulf conflict spilling directly into their waters, but the strain of operating in more contested sea lanes, where they could face greater surveillance, pressure to police sanctioned shipping and a higher risk of confrontation along routes vital to trade

The Iranian-flagged oil tanker Dorena slipped past a U.S. Navy cordon and was headed out into the Indian Ocean when it switched off its location signal and went dark

Iran Keeps Loading Oil Onto Tankers Even as US Blocks Exit Route

The Iranian-flagged oil tanker Dorena slipped past a U.S. Navy cordon and was headed out into the Indian Ocean when it switched off its location signal and went dark

The Iranian-flagged oil tanker Dorena slipped past a U.S. Navy cordon and was headed out into the Indian Ocean when it switched off its location signal and went dark

The statement came hours after the U.S. military's Central Command announced the blockade of all vessels entering or exiting Iranian ports and coastal areas would take effect at 10 a.m. EDT

As Tehran places its naval forces on maximum alert and Washington hardens its stance following failed talks in Islamabad, the risk of direct confrontation is rising

Trump Threatens Iran With ‘Hell’ as Search for Airman Continues

US Searches for Downed Airman as Iran Keeps Striking Gulf States

Since he was confirmed by the Senate five days into President Donald Trump’s second term, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has supposedly overseen a trillion-dollar budget with a workforce of nearly 3 million military and civilian personnel

Iranian officials on Thursday threatened the US and Israel with an unrelenting campaign across the Middle East

Trump is not yet facing the dire predicament of presidents like Lyndon Johnson and George W. Bush who prolonged conflicts that were already lost

New START, signed in Prague in 2010 by former U.S. President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart at the time, Dmitri Medvedev, restricted each side to 1,550 deployed warheads and 800 launchers and bombers

A historic nuclear arms reduction treaty is set to expire on Thursday, which will thrust the world into a nuclear situation it has not faced in more than five decades — one in which there are no longer any binding limits on the size of Russia’s or America’s nuclear arsenals, and no inspection regime to verify what Moscow does next

The USS Abraham Lincoln, accompanied by advanced Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers, has received explicit orders to reposition amidst escalating tensions surrounding mass anti-government protests that have engulfed Iran for nearly three weeks and threatened to destabilise the entire region