Author: M. L. Cavanaugh

A Nuclear Game of Thrones with North Korea

M. L. Cavanaugh | 07.17.17 | Commentary & Analysis

Last night, HBO aired the seventh season premiere of Game of Thrones—a season for tens of millions...

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North Korea’s ICBM and Breaking Twenty-First-Century Trench Warfare

M. L. Cavanaugh | 07.11.17 | Commentary & Analysis

What primary capability has each American adversary invested heavily in over the past decade?...

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What Criticism of Service Academies Miss

M. L. Cavanaugh | 06.14.17 | Commentary & Analysis

Last week, U.S. Naval Academy professor Bruce Fleming described the circumstantial pomp of this...

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Containing the Pocket-Sized Threat to America’s Military

M. L. Cavanaugh | 06.06.17 | Commentary & Analysis

The scary/cool juxtaposition of the recent global ransomware attack with Google’s annual...

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Their Chairs Are Empty, but We Know What Their Sacrifice Was For

M. L. Cavanaugh | 05.27.17 | Commentary & Analysis

I didn’t even know I was crying until half my face was wet. It was Memorial Day 2004, and I had...

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