Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
France will sell Ukraine 16 Rafale fighters plus SAMP/T NG air defense batteries and radars, with Sweden readying 20 Gripens — and purchase agreements...
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Dollars and Sense
Dr. Andrew Latham argues the Strategic Petroleum Reserve — down 99 million barrels to a 1983 low, worth about sixteen days of prewar Hormuz...
Dollars and Sense
Defense expert Harrison Kass examines why months of strikes, blockades, and diplomacy haven't reopened the Strait of Hormuz: Iran spent decades building dispersed, survivable...
Dollars and Sense
Trump declared Monday that the U.S. will 'probably run' the Strait of Hormuz, reinstating a blockade on Iranian-linked shipping while keeping the waterway open...
The Treaty
Former Pentagon official Dr. Michael Rubin warns that as the Iran war resumes, Washington's oldest 'magic formula' — backing ethnic separatism to fragment Iran...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Washington–Tehran MoU effectively ceded Hormuz control to Iran — so Trump forced ships onto the Omani route, and the deal collapsed in 18...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Iran fired missiles and drones at US-linked bases across Bahrain, Kuwait, and Jordan, and the IRGC claims it destroyed American radars in Oman. Trump...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
CENTCOM launched two waves of strikes Wednesday — hitting Greater Tunb Island and Bandar Abbas — and Iran answered overnight with missiles and drones...
Ukraine War
Kyiv says it struck 11 more Russian-linked vessels Thursday, bringing July's claimed total to 147 — and Russia is now restricting traffic through the...
Ukraine War
Ukraine says it struck around 116 vessels in nine days on the Sea of Azov — a waterway Russia left nearly undefended while fortifying...
Ukraine War
A European intelligence report warns Russia's 'dynamic economy' is an illusion concealing 'an explosive situation.' Bankruptcies topped 500,000 in 2025, the deficit doubled to...
The Treaty
US airstrikes hit Iran's southern coast for a fifth straight day as the IRGC declared Hormuz an 'unbreakable red line' and threatened regional infrastructure....
The Treaty
Beijing rebuffed Putin's Power of Siberia 2 pipeline, demanding domestic-rate gas and telling Moscow not to raise it again — while quietly courting Russians...
The Treaty
The IRGC threatened to halt all regional oil and gas exports — 'either for everyone or for no one' — as CENTCOM struck Iran's...
Dollars and Sense
A European intelligence report seen by Reuters warns Russia faces an 'explosive' banking crisis that one ambitious sanctions package could trigger — as the...
Dollars and Sense
Commercial transits through the Strait of Hormuz have fallen to near-zero since fighting resumed — from roughly 140 ships daily before the war to...
Dollars and Sense
Is it time to tax oil windfalls?: The year’s numerous oil price spikes, mostly related to the stop-and-start war in Iran, have put a...
North Korea Talk
North Korea stalled, negotiated, and built the bomb anyway — and its 2022 doctrine orders everything launched if its leaders are ever struck. Kim...
North Korea Talk
The recent North Korea–China summit highlights Beijing’s increasing concern over Moscow’s growing influence in Pyongyang. Since the Ukraine war began, Russia and North Korea...
North Korea Talk
Manila, Philippines – On the occasion of his visit to Pyongyang, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) General Secretary Xi Jinping has received one of the...
Ukraine War
The Kremlin declared Russia's economic difficulties 'not of a critical nature' the same week its business climate index hit the lowest level since mid-2022...
Ukraine War
Moscow's mayor says more than 200 drones flew toward the capital region in a single night, with Russia claiming 375 downed nationwide. A CEPA...