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Ukraine Said Russian Missile Strikes Are “Analogue” of WMDs – Russian airstrikes once again rocked Ukrainian cities on Wednesday, with blackouts affecting the capital...
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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...
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...
The F-105 Thunderchief flew more than 20,000 sorties over Vietnam and 75 percent of the bombing sorties against the North, carrying up to 14,000...
Summary and Key Points: At RIMPAC 2026, Canada’s Victoria-class submarine HMCS Corner Brook sank the decommissioned Ticonderoga-class cruiser USS Mobile Bay with a single...
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...
Ukraine Said Russian Missile Strikes Are “Analogue” of WMDs – Russian airstrikes once again rocked Ukrainian cities on Wednesday, with blackouts affecting the capital...
For the first time since Donald Trump announced his candidacy for the 2024 presidential campaign, a new poll has gauged his support among conservative...
The international media has been drawn to the story of the possibility of a fourth-generation hereditary succession of the Kim family regime. This made...
The Air Force has announced that the unveiling of its new strategic bomber, the B-21 Raider, will take place on December 2. This program...
Russia could soon weaponize gas supplies: The use of poison gas in the First World War was among the most insidious attempts to break...
