“Golden Dome” Homeland Missile Defense Plan
Golden Dome Missile Defense System The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has taken a pivotal step toward fortifying America’s homeland against growing missile threats, revealing its preliminary blueprint for a national missile defense concept dubbed the “Golden Dome.” The ambitious plan, still in its early development phase, envisions a multi-layered, integrated defense system capable of […]
‘Guns Versus Butter’ Debate in an Era of Global Instability
Rethinking U.S. National Priorities Amid Rising Global Military Threats In an increasingly unstable global environment, the long-dormant “guns versus butter” debate has reemerged as a vital policy discussion. With geopolitical tensions escalating across the Indo-Pacific, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East, the United States must grapple with a fundamental economic question: how to balance defence […]
1937 for 2037: U.S. Navy shipbuilding
The U.S. Navy shipbuilding strategy is once again a first-order question of national power. In 1937, Washington embraced a long-range plan that seeded wartime victory; in 2025, lawmakers face a similar inflection point as near‑peer naval competition accelerates across the Indo‑Pacific and Arctic. The case for a new long‑range framework is not nostalgia—it is a […]