U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee holds a hearing on the role of special operations forces in supporting the national defense strategy, including activities that contribute to long-term strategic competition with China and Russia, at 9:30 a.m. ET on May 17. Dr. Jonathan Schroden, research program director, Countering Threats and Challenges, Center for Naval Analyses; and…

U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee holds a hearing on the role of special operations forces in supporting the national defense strategy, including activities that contribute to long-term strategic competition with China and Russia, at 9:30 a.m. ET on May 17. Dr. Jonathan Schroden, research program director, Countering Threats and Challenges, Center for Naval Analyses; and…

Commentary “Distrust and caution are the parents of security.”—Benjamin Franklin Has the Constitution created a gap and seam in U.S. national security? By design, the framers of the Constitution created checks between the executive and legislative branches. The Constitution created a separation between the ends and ways—controlled by the executive branch and the means—allocated by…

News Analysis The phrase “A threat rises in the east” is superimposed over rolling footage of Chinese and Russian military parades. Ethereal, eerie music plays as cinematic impressions of the Eurasian alliance between China and Russia are interspersed with images of the last century’s most emblematic struggles for democratic values. There is footage of the…

The Canadian government announced on Jan. 26 it is extending and expanding its military mission in Ukraine to train local troops, and a key phrase used by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau could indicate an increased role for the country’s special forces. The current Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Op UNIFIER mission involves around 200 personnel. In…

Canada has deployed a small contingent of special forces operators to Ukraine, Canada’s Global News reported on Monday, after security talks last week ended without a breakthrough in resolving tensions between Moscow and Kyiv. Russia has stationed more than 100,000 troops near the border with Ukraine, and the United States said on Friday it was concerned that Russia was preparing a pretext…

The United States withdrawal from Afghanistan should have been delayed to take advantage of the harsh winter in the country, a former U.S. Special Forces flight surgeon told The Epoch Times. Lt. Col. Omar Hamada, M.D., also believes that the pullout should have been done incrementally, so things wouldn’t be as rushed as they are…

SEOUL—North Korea did not answer routine calls on inter-Korean hotlines on Tuesday, South Korea said, hours after a senior official in Pyongyang warned the South and the United States over annual joint military drills set to begin this week. Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, accused South Korea…

Former U.S. Marine Si Tenenberg is still on a mission: to ensure American soldiers serving overseas receive vital supplies. Over the past 15 years, the 86-year-old resident of San Luis Obispo, California, has sent over 22,000 care packages to soldiers in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Korea, Turkey, Germany and elsewhere. “You name it—wherever our troops are…

While Andrew Marr pursued his college studies on a football scholarship, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were intensifying. Reflecting on men and women of his age who were risking their lives, he didn’t feel right focusing on his personal goals and interests while others were forgoing their own to protect the nation. Marr decided…