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President-elect of the United States Donald Trump speaking with attendees at the 2024 AmericaFest at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. President-elect of the United States Donald Trump speaking with attendees at the 2024 AmericaFest at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona.

The Embassy

The Trump administration is facing a diplomatic crisis in the world of sports, with significant controversies surrounding both the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Summary and Key Points: The Canadian Armed Forces are facing a severe readiness crisis, with internal reports revealing that only 58% of forces could...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Summary and Key Points: North Korea’s nuclear arsenal is mostly land-based and therefore more trackable and vulnerable than the forces of larger nuclear states....

The Embassy

A Rutgers political scientist argues Russia’s war aims in Ukraine amount to genocide, pointing to a strike on a maternity hospital in Zaporizhzhia, sustained...

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

Key Points and Summary – The recent NATO summit in The Hague, where European allies agreed to a new 5% of GDP defense spending...

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

The Trump administration made the Russia-Ukraine ceasefire its priority foreign policy initiative shortly after the inauguration. Setting aside Donald Trump’s campaign rhetoric that he...

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

The strain in US-European relations under the second Trump administration stems primarily from a deepening ideological divide, not just policy disputes over trade or...

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

Since the ill-fated Oval Office meeting between Presidents Trump and Zelensky, the headlines have been dominated by pronouncements about the end of NATO, the...

Smart Bombs

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Synopsis: The U.S. Air Force is equipping the aging B-1B Lancer fleet with external pylons, a modification designed to transform the Cold War-era supersonic...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Synopsis: The U.S. Navy faces a critical decision regarding the 50-year-old USS Nimitz (CVN-68): retire the aging flagship or invest in a costly life...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

The United States and South Korea are pursuing divergent paths for their next-generation main battle tanks. The US Army's M1E3 Abrams is a pragmatic,...

Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security

Synopsis: Ukraine has confirmed the shootdown of a Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber and an Su-30SM multirole fighter, reportedly intercepted by a U.S.-made PAC-3 Patriot system....

Trillions

Trillions - 19FortyFive

Synopsis: Thomas Jefferson’s famous advice—“When angry, count ten; if very angry, a hundred”—came in a February 21, 1825 letter to young Thomas Jefferson Smith....

Trillions - 19FortyFive

Yellowstone National Park remains open to visitors during the federal government shutdown that began January 31, 2026, after Congress failed to enact full federal...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

Summary and Key Points: Trump’s “Warrior Dividend” sounded like a surprise new benefit funded by tariff revenue, but the money reportedly came from a...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

Synopsis: A 1995 interview captures Steve Jobs’ view that money matters mainly because it funds ideas without immediate payoff—yet he insists he never chased...

The Embassy

The Embassy

“There are four ways of doing things: the right way; the wrong way; the Navy way; and my way. So long as they do...

The Embassy

Synopsis: The famous quote, “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power,” is widely...

The Embassy

Summary and Key Points: Seafarer abandonment is surging as shipowners cut ties with crews—skipping repatriation, withholding support, and failing to pay wages for months....

The Embassy

Synopsis: Casualty estimates now put combined Russian and Ukrainian losses near 2 million, underscoring a staggering human cost for limited territorial change after four...

Hermit Kingdom

Hermit Kingdom

Korea’s Division Isn’t a Glitch Anymore. It’s a Feature of the New Order The division of Korea was always understood to be temporary. In...

Hermit Kingdom

Key Points and Summary – When North Korea stormed across the 38th parallel in June 1950, an exhausted post-WWII US Army rushed a tiny...

Hermit Kingdom

Key Points and Summary – North Korea’s special operations forces are often overlooked, but estimates place them among the world’s largest elite formations. -Designed...

Hermit Kingdom

Key Points and Summary – North Korea’s most underrated weapon isn’t its nukes or artillery, but its vast tunnel network under and around the...