Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Key Points and Summary – As Pentagon leaders float changes to the combatant command system, the bigger—and more consequential—target sits upstream: the military services...
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Key Points and Summary – As Pentagon leaders float changes to the combatant command system, the bigger—and more consequential—target sits upstream: the military services...
Key Points and Summary – The piece uses a Ukrainian cross-country skier’s refusal to speak with Russians—calling them “terrorists”—as a blunt window into why...
Synopsis – European military leaders are increasingly blunt: the continent is living in a gray zone “between peace and war,” and societies must prepare...
Key Points and Summary – Russia claims Ukrainian forces launched 91 long-range drones toward a presidential residence near Valdai in the Novgorod region, calling...
Synopsis: The piece argues that today’s transatlantic tension is real but overstated. Washington wants Europe to shoulder more of its own defense as U.S....
Key Points and Summary – Germany is attempting its biggest defense reset since the Cold War, driven by fears that Russia could be capable...
Synopsis – The piece argues that Vladimir Putin’s record—mass violence, repression, and open imperial intent—makes it implausible that a U.S. president could genuinely believe...
Synopsis: NATO or Not? The 3 “Guarantee Models” Ukraine Could Be Offered -As Ukraine–Russia peace talks gain momentum, the hardest unresolved issue is what...
Key Points and Summary – The latest Trump–Zelensky meeting produced more optics than outcomes, but for Kyiv, that may be the point. -With Trump...
Synopsis: The piece revisits Volodymyr Zelensky’s defining response as Kyiv faced imminent attack in February 2022: he didn’t want evacuation help, he wanted the...