WASHINGTON, June 27 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on June 25, 2025: * * * NATO's "Brain Death" in The Hague By Max Bergmann It's generally unwise to initiate a fight you are unlikely to win. That is a principle that military officers generally try to adhere to. As for NATO's political leaders, apparently not. NATO has just kick-started a massive guns vs. butter fight in Europe. Not only is this fight largely unnecessary, but it's one NA more PR

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on June 25, 2025: * * * Why the United States Acted Now Against Iran By Kari A. Bingen and Clayton Swope Looking at the strategic chessboard, it's clear why the president seized this moment to strike at Iran's nuclear program. There may never have been a better time. Iran was closer than ever before to having the ability to manufacture an atomic bomb. In the run-up to Operation Midnight  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following commentary on June 26, 2025, to the Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Russian Mobilization Falls Short Ahead of Putin's Summer Offensive By Ksenia Kirillova Executive Summary: * Following Ukraine's successful "Operation Spiderweb" strike on Russian airfields on June 1, the Kremlin dropped its pretense of seriously pursuing peace talks, ramping up retaliatory strikes in Kyiv, Odesa, and other cities. * The Kremlin is counting o more PR

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, June 26 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland issued the following news: * * * NATO leaders pledge to increase defense spending * THE HAGUE, Netherlands - During a press briefing today on the last day of the NATO Summit in The Hague, Netherlands, President Donald J. Trump emphasized the need for all member states to share the financial burden of European defense spending.  Alliance members, he said, agreed to increase their annual de more PR

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Atlantic Media, a print and online media company, issued the following news release: * * * The Atlantic's August Issue: "Eighty Years on the Edge," Examining Eight Decades of Life in the Atomic Age With essays by Jeffrey Goldberg, Tom Nichols, Ross Andersen, Noah Hawley, and Andrew Aoyama * For The Atlantic's August issue, "Eighty Years on the Edge," Atlantic writers examine the past eight decades of life in the Atomic Age. Publishing today are two essays from the iss more PR

WASHINGTON, June 27 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF13042) on June 25, 2025, by Air Force fellow Robert Switzer and national security policy, cyber and information operations analyst Catherine A. Theohary: * * * Defense Primer: U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM, commonly referred to as CYBERCOM), is the Department of Defense (DOD) functional combatant command (CCMD) responsible for cyberspace operati more PR