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The Russian military is digging in to avoid more humiliating defeats in Ukraine. Russian troops are working around the clock building extensive fortifications in...
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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...
Iran operates the world’s largest F-4 Phantom fleet, the remnant of 225 jets the Shah bought in the 1960s and ’70s in a buildup...
The B-2: Ten major upgrades in the late 2010s multiplied its onboard processing power 1,000 times, rebuilt its Defensive Management System with automated route...
Greek and Israeli naval forces held live-fire exercises north of Crete on October 21, in waters Turkey claims, and sank the retired frigate HS...
Dr. Robert Farley argues a renewed US-Israeli air campaign against Iran awaits only the midterm elections, citing a New York Times report of personnel...
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...
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...
Dr. Robert Kelly argues that Donald Trump’s second term is alienating allies as no president has since 1945: refusing Saudi Arabia’s request to strike...
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 Russian military is digging in to avoid more humiliating defeats in Ukraine. Russian troops are working around the clock building extensive fortifications in...
The war in Ukraine continues as the two militaries adjust their operations to the realities of the Ukrainian winter. On day 279 of the...
It is difficult to learn the right lessons from the wars of the past. It is harder still to operationalize those takeaways in any...
Norwegian Naval Strike Missile Coming to Royal Navy: Royal Navy warships will soon be equipped with a more powerful surface-to-surface anti-ship missile. British Type 23...
The Ukraine War on the Ground: It is difficult to learn the right lessons from the wars of the past. It is harder still...
