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The Russian invasion of Ukraine continues to falter on the 267th day of the war. After the recent liberation of Kherson City last weekend,...
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For decades Beijing and Moscow treated North Korea as a shared client — “as close as lips and teeth,” in Mao’s phrase. Ted Galen...
Dr. Robert Kelly, a professor of international relations at Pusan National University, argues the separation of powers in American foreign policy has nearly collapsed,...
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...
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...
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...
The Pentagon forced the Navy and Air Force to share one jet in the 1960s. The Air Force’s F-111A delivered 25,000 to 30,000 pounds...
France Libre, formerly PANG, is the 78,000-ton, 1,020-foot nuclear carrier meant to replace Charles de Gaulle, with EMALS catapults and 30 Rafale F5s.
Nimitz-class carriers list slightly to starboard under a full combat load, a List Control System flaw the Navy corrects with fresh-water ballast that cuts...
After the 1960 U-2 shootdown, the CIA wanted a plane nothing could catch: Lockheed’s A-12 Oxcart, Mach 3.2 at 90,000 feet, tested at Area...
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...
The Russian invasion of Ukraine continues to falter on the 267th day of the war. After the recent liberation of Kherson City last weekend,...
The war in Ukraine is about to enter its tenth month, and the first snows are near. The winter will change how the two...
Peskov Blames Huge Russian Bombing Campaigns On Ukraine’s Negotiating Position: Speaking on Thursday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov attempted to shift blame for Russia’s recent...
Will Russia Abandon Crimea?: Even with Crimea now within firing distance of Ukrainian HIMARS in liberated Kherson, U.S. Army General Mark Milley doesn’t believe...
Russia has learned how to reach out and touch someone in the skies over Ukraine, and I’m not talking about kindness. The Russian air...
