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Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine has not gone the way anyone expected—for Russia itself, the results have been far worse than it hoped. More...
When President Donald Trump’s administration recently proposed a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin’s response was calculated and cagey as one might expect. He...
Donald Trump is taking a gamble. He has pressured Ukraine into outlining its opening position for ceasefire talks while offering Putin the prospect of...
Since the beginning of the Ukraine War, there has been a curious, pro-Putin undertow in Western right-wing commentary. Leftist and progressive criticism of Western...
Secretary Marco Rubio’s announcement following the US-Ukraine negotiations in Saudi Arabia that Ukraine has agreed to accept a 30-day ceasefire and to enter into...
The increasingly fraught endgame to the Russia-Ukraine war reflects a larger ongoing debate in the US policy community about who is ultimately responsible for...
The Munich Security Conference and the days that followed, including the senior level US-Russia meeting in Saudi Arabia, have witnessed massive turbulence in transatlantic...
Since the COVID pandemic, Europe has fallen on hard economic times, and the continent’s absolute and relative economic decline has deepened over the past...
Article Summary and Key Points: The Dreadnought-class submarines are Britain’s newest nuclear ballistic missile submarines and are set to become the cornerstone of the...
Article Summary and Key Points: American maritime strength is rapidly declining compared to China’s naval dominance. The U.S. Navy’s shrinking fleet and aging Merchant...
Article Summary and Key Points: The F-8 Crusader, famously known as the “Last of the Gunfighters,” was a pioneering U.S. Navy jet, notably the...
Article Summary and Key Points: China’s H-20 stealth bomber represents a significant threat due to its anticipated stealth capabilities, extensive range (8,500 km), and...
Donald Trump’s tariffs, which have been threatened, imposed, and pulled multiple times in the last several weeks, have primarily been directed at the nation’s...
It’s tax time, which has a lot of Americans rushing to get their taxes done to collect what they hope will be a sizable...
In a dramatic turn of events over the past 24 hours, President Donald Trump initially escalated the trade war with Canada by doubling tariffs...
Article Summary: The U.S. economy has shifted rapidly from optimism to recession fears, fueled largely by President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariff policies and recent...
Is a Ceasefire in the Ukraine War a Good Idea?: Ask the average Ukrainian if they support a ceasefire in the current war that...
Not only did Lebanese celebrate Joseph Aoun’s rise to Lebanon’s presidency, but so too did many Americans, Europeans, and Arabs. Aoun—no relation to the...
Once again, Freedom House awarded Finland, Norway, and Sweden its top rankings in its annual Freedom in the World dataset. Finland received a perfect...
In late January, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio wrote in the Wall Street Journal that Trump’s America First policy pays close attention to...
Will an infusion of fresh troops from North Korea significantly impact the war in Ukraine? Not a lot. However, the deployment of more North...
It looks like North Korea is building a nuclear-powered submarine. Two days ago, North Korean state media announced the project, showing Supreme Leader Kim...
To the horror of many South Koreans, Donald Trump has returned to the White House. No one, including perhaps President Trump, knows what he...
South Korea’s political turmoil of martial law, impeachments, and vitriolic attacks among its political parties has entered its third month—and it’s likely that several...
You have to be there to combat terrorism—or any other martial challenge for that matter. This is Strategy 101: the likely victor is the...
The Taliban is unveiling the government that it now claims represents Afghanistan: Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar will be the Islamic Emirate’s political leader in...
Could anyone but Biden have left Afghanistan? The war in Afghanistan engulfed four Presidents over the course of twenty years. The war changed dramatically...
Editor’s Note: The below is a long-form analysis piece authored by Heritage Foundation experts James Jay Carafano, Luke Coffey, Nile Gardiner, Walter Lohman, and...
Earlier this year, freelance analysts in the United States confirmed vague Pentagon speculation since around 2018 that China intended to expand its force of...
