Michael Puttré, Author at Discourse

Michael Puttré

Michael Puttré is a writer in New York focusing on defense and space. Formerly, he was editor-in-chief of The Journal of Electronic Defense and editor of Solar Industry magazine. His science fiction novel, Outre Mer, is available on Kindle.

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Mark Milley’s Political Generalship Attracts Slings and Arrows

Assuming the published excerpts of the forthcoming book “Peril” by The Washington Post’s ...

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Pakistan’s Great Game: A Resurgent Taliban Supports the Country’s China and India Policies

Recriminations over the chaos-inducing American exit from Afghanistan and the precipitate Western retreat ...

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The Lesson of Afghanistan: Nations that Don’t Want To Be Built Will Not Be

The 20-year American-led experiment to turn a rogue state into a Western-style democracy ...

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The China Challenge: Space Race 2.0

This is post 8 of 9 in the series “The China Challenge” Scholars ...

Culture & Society

Don’t Call Them UFOs, But U.S. Military Pilots Are Having a Lot of Aerial Encounters with Unknown Objects

The most startling revelation in the U.S. government’s report on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena ...

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Is Deterrence Dead?

With the Biden administration embarking on its Nuclear Posture Review, it’s time to ...

Business & Economics

U.S. Military Procurement Is Broken

The United States has a long tradition of tapping the ingenuity of its ...

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The Future of Taiwan: Communist China Will Not Take Taiwan Unless the U.S. Allows It

This is post 2 of 4 in the series “The Future of Taiwan” ...

Business & Economics

Electric Vehicle Mandates Need Nuclear Power to Work

Before the inauguration of President Biden, governments in 11 states—led inevitably by California—had ...

Business & Economics

The Solar System Is Open for Business

Last December, a small object entered the atmosphere and streaked across the night ...

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