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Summary and Key Points: China’s aircraft carrier ambitions began in the 1990s when Beijing secretly acquired an unfinished Ukrainian Kuznetsov-class carrier, initially intended by...
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Putin’s proposal for a U.S.-China-Russia trilateral in China — with Ukraine and Europe excluded — has revived Beltway enthusiasm for a “Kissinger-in-reverse” bid to...
The Trump administration’s deal to allow Russian diesel into the United States blindsided Kyiv and Europe alike — halting peace talks, triggering threats to...
Sabotage at Leipzig, Swindon, and Skarżysko-Kamienna. A curfew across the river from Narva. New garrisons at Petrozavodsk, Lupche-Savino, and Pechenga pointing at Finland's 830-mile...
The Witkoff-Kushner shuttle between Moscow and Kyiv ended, predictably, without a breakthrough — and Andrew Michta argues the failure reveals something deeper than bad...
More than 40 navies run some 330 diesel and air-independent submarines. About 150 boats run on nuclear power, 68 to 71 of them American....
Russia commissioned Severodvinsk on June 14, 2014, the first Yasen-class attack submarine and the first new-generation SSN completed since the Soviet collapse.
The Soviets built the Project 971 Akula to find the US Navy’s Ohio-class missile submarines and sit on their tails. Moscow planned 25 boats,...
Russia’s Borei-class submarine has one job: hide under the Arctic and Pacific and fire back if Russia’s other nuclear forces have been struck. Each...
Four ships crossed the Strait of Hormuz Thursday against a 10-day average of 16. Iran said it hit tanker Trend on Friday. Brent is...
Jobs dropped out of Reed College and stayed on as what he called a "drop-in," sitting in on classes that interested him. One was...
"Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. There is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more a man has,...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has unveiled Operation Economic Outcast: secondary sanctions across five sectors and more than sixty targets, with no relief attached. Iran's...
Dr. Robert Kelly, a professor of international relations at Pusan National University, argues the separation of powers in American foreign policy has nearly collapsed,...
Both sides would use a Ukraine war pause to rearm, and a longer pause may mean a bloodier spring. Michael Rubin argues Kyiv should...
For four and a half years the request was essentially a check, and the argument was that a properly supplied David could match Goliath....
Let Trump be Trump—which he will be anyway. Even if his peace efforts fail (which is entirely possible), American interests will be protected, and...
President Trump says he gets along with Kim Jong Un and wants a new summit before the end of 2026, along with smaller US-South...
Trump is reportedly considering another meeting with Kim Jong Un. The last round produced Singapore, Hanoi, and the DMZ, and by 2020 the status...
American doctrine promises that any North Korean nuclear attack will end the Kim regime. The Iran war has just tested that assumption. The United...
Trump ordered Ulchi Freedom Shield cut from eleven days to five before Kim Jong-un had agreed to anything in return. Kim Yo-jong dismissed the...
Summary and Key Points: China’s aircraft carrier ambitions began in the 1990s when Beijing secretly acquired an unfinished Ukrainian Kuznetsov-class carrier, initially intended by...
Summary and Key Points: The USS Missouri, an iconic Iowa-class battleship commissioned in 1944, represented peak battleship design. No one for saw a unique...
France currently possesses one of the most formidable military forces in Europe. It boasts a large ground army, a formidable air force, and a...
4 Words: Neptune Could Strike Moscow The R-360 Neptune missile represents a significant advancement in Ukraine’s defense capabilities, particularly in the context of the...
The F-22 Raptor is still the best pure fighter aircraft in the world, but its service window is closing. The Air Force is looking...
