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Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

The Trump administration’s deal to allow Russian diesel into the United States blindsided Kyiv and Europe alike — halting peace talks, triggering threats to...

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

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...

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

The Witkoff-Kushner shuttle between Moscow and Kyiv ended, predictably, without a breakthrough — and Andrew Michta argues the failure reveals something deeper than bad...

Dr. Andrew A. Michta: Geostrategy

German Foreign Minister Wadephul's fourth Kyiv visit — two days before Ukraine's Independence Day — capped an accelerating shift: Berlin is becoming Ukraine's principal...

Aerospace & Defense

Aerospace & Defense

On March 21, 1984, Soviet submarine K-314 surfaced with no lights in the path of the USS Kitty Hawk, 150 miles east of Pohang....

Aerospace & Defense

The Royal Navy cannot keep its five Astute-class submarines maintained with only two British shipyards certified for nuclear submarines, yet it plans 12 SSN-AUKUS...

Aerospace & Defense

The war in Ukraine has shown that drone swarms and cheap anti-tank munitions have wrecked main battle tanks on both sides, 19FortyFive’s Brandon J....

Aerospace & Defense

Commissioned 1940–1942, the Royal Navy’s King George V-class battleships carried ten 14-inch guns under treaty limits other navies moved past. HMS King George V...

Trillions

Trillions - 19FortyFive

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...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

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...

Trillions - 19FortyFive

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...

The Embassy

The Embassy

Both sides would use a Ukraine war pause to rearm, and a longer pause may mean a bloodier spring. Michael Rubin argues Kyiv should...

The Embassy

For four and a half years the request was essentially a check, and the argument was that a properly supplied David could match Goliath....

The Embassy

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...

The Embassy

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...

Hermit Kingdom

Hermit Kingdom

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...

Hermit Kingdom

Trump is reportedly considering another meeting with Kim Jong Un. The last round produced Singapore, Hanoi, and the DMZ, and by 2020 the status...

Hermit Kingdom

American doctrine promises that any North Korean nuclear attack will end the Kim regime. The Iran war has just tested that assumption. The United...

Hermit Kingdom

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...