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Andrew Latham

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Saint Paul
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Covers:  International security; regional conflict; US defense policy; Canadian foreign and defense policy
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I am a professor of international relations and political theory at Macalester College in Saint Paul, MN; a Senior Fellow with the Institute for Peace and Diplomacy, Ottawa, Canada; a Non-Resident Fellow at the think tank Defense Priorities in Washington, DC; and a regular opinion contributor with The Hill, also in Washington, DC.

I regularly offer commentary and analysis on issues related to great power rivalry, US foreign and defense policy, Sino-American relations, and conflict in the Middle…

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Taiwan Can Buy 200,000 Drones To Stop a Taiwan Invasion. But Replacing Them in a Fight Is the Challenge No One Wants to Face

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By Andrew Latham
| 19FortyFive Verified
On Thursday, Taiwan’s legislature brought a months-long fight over its drone force to a vote. President Lai Ching-te’s government wanted a six-year, NT$210 billion special budget for roughly 210,000 military drones, arguing Taiwan needed the unmanned mass that reshaped Ukraine and the Middle East. The opposition, which controls the legislature, said no, and passed its own instead: up to NT$240 billion over six years, funded through the annual budget and run by the economics ministry, not defense.
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The US Army Is Dependent on Canada for 155mm Artillery Shell Production

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By Andrew Latham
| 19FortyFive Verified
Ask the Army general pushing to get 155mm shell production to 100,000 rounds a month where the raw material comes from, and he won’t say Pennsylvania. Maj. Gen. John Reim, the Joint Program Executive Officer for Armaments and Ammunition, has said plainly that the United States cannot yet make enough of the high-grade nitrocellulose those shells require, and has been importing it from France, the Czech Republic, and South Korea to cover the shortfall.
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Iran’s Economy Is Buckling. That Is Not the Same as Iran Being Ready to Sign a Deal

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By Andrew Latham
| 19FortyFive Verified
Scott Bessent picked an odd philosopher to build a sanctions campaign around. In his Sunday op-ed previewing what he’s calling an “economic D-Day,” the Treasury Secretary invoked Pascal’s Wager: bet on God’s existence even without proof, because the cost of being wrong is too high. A B-52H Stratofortress sit parked on the flight line at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Aug. 8, 2022.
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