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Ukraine’s 53rd Mechanized Brigade Releases Switchblade Strike Footage – On May 6, Ukraine’s 53rd Mechanized Brigade released video footage of a Switchblade loitering munition...
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The United States is on the cusp of perhaps the most fundamental rethinking of its foreign policy since 1945. The inauguration of the second...
Key Points and Summary: As Donald Trump prepares to assume office, the bond market is already reacting to fears over his proposed economic policies....
Key Points and Summary: The AUKUS pact between Australia, the UK, and the US aims to counter China’s growing naval threat in the Indo-Pacific....
Key Points and Summary: Donald Trump’s campaign promise to resolve the Russia-Ukraine war within 24 hours will face major challenges. -Key sticking points include...
Lurkers in the wretched hive of scum and villainy—the Chinas, Russias, and North Koreas of the world—are channeling Abraham Lincoln. During the American Civil...
Imperial Japan guessed poorly at Pearl Harbor. It misjudged the impact of its actions on a peacetime strategic competitor, made a foe of that...
Over at the Atlantic Council, former director of U.S. Navy strategy and operational concepts Bruce Stubbs probes “Ten Challenges to Implementing Force Design 2030.” Force...
It’s starting to feel like 1953 again, this time in Ukraine. That year is when the Koreas and their allies agreed on an armistice,...
Range: But the F-14 Tomcat could not compete in 2025 against modern fighters and threats. Key Points and Summary: The F-14 Tomcat, a Cold...
Key Points and Summary: The B-1B Lancer, a former Cold War supersonic bomber, is seeing a revival as some aircraft are reactivated from storage...
Key Points and Summary: Russia’s sole aircraft carrier, Admiral Kuznetsov, has languished in disrepair for eight years and may never return to active service....
Key Points and Summary: The Kfir, Israel’s iconic fighter jet, debuted during the turbulent years following the Yom Kippur War. -Known as the “Young...
Key Points and Summary: With Donald Trump’s imminent return to office, economic priorities for 2025 remain uncertain, focusing on tax cuts, border security, and...
Donald Trump, during his 2024 campaign, frequently talked about a fairly radical taxation proposal: “No tax on tips.” The proposal was a push to...
Key Points and Summary: Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) aims to cut $2 trillion from federal spending by targeting...
Key Points and Summary: The future of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), known as the Trump tax cuts, is uncertain as key...
Democrats are forlorn over Donald Trump’s electoral victory, and national security-focused Democrats are no exception. In nominating relative unknowns like Pete Hegseth for Secretary...
Incoming US President Donald Trump suggested once again this week that the United States expand into Canada and Greenland. Trump has talked this up...
The United States and incoming President Donald Trump face a mess in Eastern Europe as the war in Ukraine continues to drag on into...
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is making no effort to disguise his ambitions. In a bold declaration following the first meeting of Turkey’s cabinet, Erdogan...
North Korea fired a shot across the stern of the outgoing Biden administration by launching a missile during Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit...
The recent Foreign Affairs article, “Why South Korea Should Go Nuclear” by Robert E. Kelly and Min-hyung Kim, argues that South Korea’s acquisition of...
If Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has anything to say about it, sunny North Korea may soon become the next hot tourist destination for...
We have a habit of thinking of China and North Korea as allies. Indeed, China’s Mao Zedong once described the two as being “as...
Ukraine’s 53rd Mechanized Brigade Releases Switchblade Strike Footage – On May 6, Ukraine’s 53rd Mechanized Brigade released video footage of a Switchblade loitering munition...
On day 81 of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Ukrainian military is pressing with its counterattacks, while the renewed Russian offensive is faltering. ...
Is A Putin Coup Finally Underway? Ukrainian Major General Kyrylo Budanov told Britain’s Sky News recently that a coup is currently underway in Russia....
UK PM Proposes Slashing $4.2 Billion in Government Jobs to Ease Taxpayer Burden – Conservative British Prime Minister Boris Johnson appeared to echo the...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced on Friday that his $44 billion offer to take over Twitter is “temporarily on hold,” prompting some media outlets...
