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November was one of the deadliest months of the 10-month war in Ukraine. In 30 days, the Russian military lost around 15,000 troops. That...
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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...
China’s J-35, the carrier and land-based fighter built for the Fujian and once the export-only FC-31, has drawn interest from one foreign buyer: Pakistan,...
The Army plans to replace some of its 7,300 Bradley Fighting Vehicles with the XM30, a hybrid-electric vehicle with an unmanned 50mm turret. Prototypes...
Engineers at China’s Aviation Industry Corporation have proposed installing large radar arrays inside the J-20 Mighty Dragon’s wings, letting the stealth fighter do surveillance...
Only two navies run nuclear-powered aircraft carriers: the US with 11, and France with one. The Charles de Gaulle, commissioned five years late in...
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...
November was one of the deadliest months of the 10-month war in Ukraine. In 30 days, the Russian military lost around 15,000 troops. That...
Ukraine is increasing the number of troops it sends to fight the scorching battle of Bakhmut in the eastern Donbas region. Both sides have...
Some observers interpret recent events in Iran as signals that Tehran might be moderating its law enforcement practices. These supposed indications include comments by...
It would be a longshot race and could tear the Democrat Party in two, but could progressive darling Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez seize the initiative and...
Mere days after the United States announced plans to send some fifty M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicles to Ukraine, the United Kingdom could do even...
