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The U.S. Air Force’s RQ-170 Sentinel drone isn’t seen very often, and little is known about its characteristics. A handful of witnesses have spotted...
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Secretary Marco Rubio’s announcement following the US-Ukraine negotiations in Saudi Arabia that Ukraine has agreed to accept a 30-day ceasefire and to enter into...
The increasingly fraught endgame to the Russia-Ukraine war reflects a larger ongoing debate in the US policy community about who is ultimately responsible for...
The Munich Security Conference and the days that followed, including the senior level US-Russia meeting in Saudi Arabia, have witnessed massive turbulence in transatlantic...
Since the COVID pandemic, Europe has fallen on hard economic times, and the continent’s absolute and relative economic decline has deepened over the past...
Article Summary and Key Points: Iran continues operating aging F-14 “Persian Cats,” initially acquired during the Shah’s reign. Cut off from U.S. parts and...
Russia’s November-Class Submarines, Explained: The Project 627 “Kit,” the Russian word for “whale,” became the first-ever series of nuclear-powered submarines in the Soviet Navy (VMF)....
A Mess No One Wants to Own: Nuclear Decommissioning: One of the most radioactive maritime regions within the former Soviet Union is the Arctic...
Article Summary and Key Points: The USS Kentucky, intended to be the final Iowa-class battleship, never saw completion due to shifting naval priorities after...
Donald Trump’s tariffs, which have been threatened, imposed, and pulled multiple times in the last several weeks, have primarily been directed at the nation’s...
It’s tax time, which has a lot of Americans rushing to get their taxes done to collect what they hope will be a sizable...
In a dramatic turn of events over the past 24 hours, President Donald Trump initially escalated the trade war with Canada by doubling tariffs...
Article Summary: The U.S. economy has shifted rapidly from optimism to recession fears, fueled largely by President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariff policies and recent...
Article Summary: Putin publicly claims openness to a Ukraine ceasefire but continues pressing militarily, imposing surrender-like terms that highlight Russia’s true wartime ambitions. Russia’s...
Now that the United States and Ukraine have agreed on a ceasefire, the ball is, as Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, supposedly in...
Will Allies Embrace Nuclear Weapons after Trump’s Retreat?: It was a bad month for democracies under siege. First, President Donald Trump and Vice President...
When President Donald Trump’s administration recently proposed a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin’s response was calculated and cagey as one might expect. He...
Will an infusion of fresh troops from North Korea significantly impact the war in Ukraine? Not a lot. However, the deployment of more North...
It looks like North Korea is building a nuclear-powered submarine. Two days ago, North Korean state media announced the project, showing Supreme Leader Kim...
To the horror of many South Koreans, Donald Trump has returned to the White House. No one, including perhaps President Trump, knows what he...
South Korea’s political turmoil of martial law, impeachments, and vitriolic attacks among its political parties has entered its third month—and it’s likely that several...
The U.S. Air Force’s RQ-170 Sentinel drone isn’t seen very often, and little is known about its characteristics. A handful of witnesses have spotted...
With a Recession Looming Can we Expect More Stimulus Checks?: Even as some analysts have suggested that the stimulus checks sent to Americans during...
I have been an avid shooter for several decades now, and like millions of Americans, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, I was unable to...
Last week, the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) reached a major milestone with the launch of its third aircraft carrier. Named Fujian after the...
Why Aren’t Oil Companies Drilling More? In addition to urging Congress to suspend a federal gas tax for three months to combat record-high prices, President Joe...
