Andrew Latham is a professor of International Relations at Macalester College specializing in the politics of international conflict and security. He teaches courses on international security, Chinese foreign policy, war and peace in the Middle East, Regional Security in the Indo-Pacific Region, and the World Wars.
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points – Lockheed Martin’s proposal for a “Ferrari F-35″—an advanced variant incorporating enhanced thrust, range, stealth, and modularity at roughly half the projected...
Key Points – A direct NATO-Russia war over Ukraine, while not deliberately sought by either side, is an increasingly plausible scenario driven by potential...
Key Points – South Korea’s K2 Black Panther main battle tank, a technologically advanced “digital-native” platform with features like active protection systems and advanced...
Key Points – Despite recurring claims of their obsolescence due to advancements in drones and surveillance, submarines, particularly nuclear-powered ones, remain more critical than...
Key Points – The UK’s Challenger 3 program represents a significant “reinvention” of 148 Challenger 2 tanks, featuring a new NATO-standard 120mm smoothbore gun,...
It’s late May 2025 and Donald Trump looks visibly irritated – not triumphant, not calculating, just irritated. Vladimir Putin has begun making noises about...
Key Points – The post-Cold War expansion of NATO to Russia’s borders, without seriously considering Russia’s inclusion or its security concerns, is presented as...
Key Points – China’s ambition to build nuclear-powered aircraft carriers (Type 004 concept) to match US global naval power faces significant and likely protracted...
Key Points – The recent (May 19th) phone call between President Trump and Vladimir Putin, along with talk of imminent peace negotiations for Ukraine,...