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The Ukraine War Continues: With the new year approaching, the Russian military is bracing for further Ukrainian counteroffensives in the east and the south. ...
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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...
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...
The USS Gerald R. Ford cost $13 billion to build and up to $8 million a day deployed. Its 326-day deployment ended with a...
Switzerland’s first F-35A is in main assembly and the first jets are due in 2028. But Bern now expects roughly 30 F-35As instead of...
The Ruger GP100 arrived in 1985 as the Security-Six’s successor, built by investment casting with a triple-locking cylinder, and reloading manuals print loads marked...
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...
The Ukraine War Continues: With the new year approaching, the Russian military is bracing for further Ukrainian counteroffensives in the east and the south. ...
Kalashnikov Group Using Ukraine War to Refine Weapons Like Chukavin Sniper Rifle: Field testing remains an important component in evaluating any new weapon system....
Last week, Japan announced that it will increase defense spending by more than a quarter next year. Among the high-ticket items that will be...
Lockheed Martin Had a Happy Holiday – Executives at Lockheed Martin had much to be merry about this holiday season, as the United States...
Western countries have long refused to provide some of the most advanced missile systems to Ukraine over concerns of possible strikes launched in Russian...
