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It’s Time for a Provisional Government in Iran: On November 18, 2022, Iranian protestors burned down the house of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the late...
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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...
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...
American-flagged vessels account for less than 0.3 percent of the shipping carrying U.S. trade, and the country graduates several hundred naval architects a year...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Signing the largest Russia sanctions package to date and then floating a diesel arrangement looks contradictory only if one assumes the two acts are...
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...
It’s Time for a Provisional Government in Iran: On November 18, 2022, Iranian protestors burned down the house of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the late...
What the EU Is Saying About Peace In Ukraine: The European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell cast doubt...
10 Million People In Ukraine Have No Power: Russian strikes in Ukraine, specifically targeting the country’s energy infrastructure, have left more than 10 million...
Republicans have taken back the House. Specifically how a Republican majority intends to operate remains unclear, although indications can be gleaned from GOP intentions...
The Zumwalt stealth destroyer has just returned from a three-month deployment in the Western Pacific. While deployed, the Zumwalt achieved various firsts – inspiring...
