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The Future of the Tank
06/18/2026

The Future of the Tank

This historical survey concludes that large independent tank formations are less survivable today, especially under ubiquitous drone surveillance and precision fires, but tanks still matter when integrated into combined-arms systems. The likely future is not a tankless battlefield, but one dominated...

06/16/2026

The Future of the Tank

The Ukraine War Prospect: How Peace Plans Might Work and Why They Will Fail
06/04/2026

The Ukraine War Prospect: How Peace Plans Might Work and Why They Will Fail

Carl Conetta, 12 January 2026 During 2025 multiple peace and cease-fire proposals addressing the conflict in Ukraine were advanced. Most prominent among them are several put forward by the Trump administration beginning in February (2/28), May

06/02/2026

Variables of War

The Ukraine War Prospect: How Peace Plans Might Work and Why They Will Fail
05/31/2026

The Ukraine War Prospect: How Peace Plans Might Work and Why They Will Fail

Carl Conetta, 12 January 2026 – Full text⇒ HTML – PDF During 2025 multiple contending Ukraine peace and cease-fire proposals were put forward by the Trump administration and America’s European partners. This article examines how the leading

Appendix: A Selection of 2025 Official Ukraine War Ceasefire and Peace Proposals
05/29/2026

Appendix: A Selection of 2025 Official Ukraine War Ceasefire and Peace Proposals

[main article: The Ukraine War Prospect: How Peace Plans Might Work and Why They Will Fail] ■ 20-point US-UA framework peace proposal – 23 Dec 2025 ■ European “Leaders’ Statement on Ukraine” – 14 Dec 2025

Ukraine War: A Practicable Ceasefire… and its Alternative
05/27/2026

Ukraine War: A Practicable Ceasefire… and its Alternative

Carl Conetta, 4 Feb 2026 Summary Excerpts from “The Ukraine War Prospect: How Peace Plans Might Work and Why They Will Fail,” Project on Defense Alternatives, 12 Jan 2026 Throughout 2025, the United States, its European

Aslı Ü. Bâli on Why the War on Iran Accelerates the Decline of U.S. Global Primacy
05/25/2026

Aslı Ü. Bâli on Why the War on Iran Accelerates the Decline of U.S. Global Primacy

I am a subscriber to Peter Beinart’s Notebook. I find him a generous and engaging interviewer of his very well-informed and insightful guests. This morning, March 7th, I decided to listen to the interview that I feature

Hegseth’s Crusade – a more White, Male, Alt-right US Military
05/23/2026

Hegseth’s Crusade – a more White, Male, Alt-right US Military

Carl Conetta, 15 Oct 2025 Pete Hegseth wears his masculinist panic on his sleeve when declaring that henceforth all US military personnel will be tested to the “highest male standard” for physical strength and endurance. Why

Contextualizing the “Lessons of Munich”
05/21/2026

Contextualizing the “Lessons of Munich”

History does not teach lessons. Lessons are distilled at best, often selectively. The standard lesson of the 1938 Munich Agreement is that any compromise with aggression will lead to more aggression. But the danger of “conciliation”

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