Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Stephen Silver reports on a stark warning from the head of a major Danish tanker group: markets are underestimating how long the Iran war...
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Ukraine War
Jack Buckby examines New York Times reporting on Ukraine's idled Western tanks, the crews retraining as drone operators, Russia's experimental tank shield and its...
Dollars and Sense
Jack Buckby analyzes Washington's pivot from strikes to economic warfare against Iran, the new sanctions operation aimed at isolating Tehran, Beijing's blunt refusal to...
Ukraine War
A former British diplomat points to the Blitz: bombing civilians has historically stiffened resistance rather than broken it. He also warns about the durability...
Ukraine War
Unlike the shortage that ran from May to July, this one has reached the Moscow region. Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan buy their processed fuel...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Jack Buckby reports on Iran turning a tanker away from the US-protected Hormuz corridor just as Washington signals a pause in new strikes: the...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Georgia Gilholy reports on Russia's deepening fuel emergency: a strike on its fourth-largest refinery, most of Perm's capacity offline, export bans stretching into next...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Jack Buckby reports on the Iran-Oman corridor talks: a Revolutionary Guard claim that the deal is done, a Reuters source saying nothing is signed,...
Ukraine War
Stephen Silver reports on Ukraine's twin drone strikes on a Wildberries logistics hub and one of Russia's largest oil refineries, the reported destruction of...
Ukraine War
Stephen Silver examines a Newsweek analysis of Vladimir Putin's shifting war rhetoric: the vanished talk of brotherhood, a muted Victory Day, peace proposals waved...
Ukraine War
One US-based think tank described the figures as historically exceptional, concluding: "No major power has suffered anywhere near these numbers of casualties or fatalities...
The Treaty
Jack Buckby examines the mystery of three classified Putin decrees signed the week of the CIA director's Moscow visit: an imprisoned American, an infrastructure-seizure...
The Treaty
Diplomats in Middle Eastern embassies will be well prepared for another emergency evacuation, particularly having gone through the process less than six months ago.
The Treaty
Sanctions look like the new plan to get Iran into a new agreement. It might not work out the way Team Trump.
Dollars and Sense
Jack Buckby argues Washington's new sanctions campaign carries a built-in weakness: the harshest measures would damage America and its allies, Bessent has admitted as...
Dollars and Sense
Georgia Gilholy reports on Iran's deepening economic crisis — a record-low rial, gasoline lines, and soaring staple prices — as Washington's new sanctions campaign...
Dollars and Sense
Jack Buckby examines Washington's emergency rescue package for American farmers, the political catch that ties relief to new Iran war funding, projected crop losses...
North Korea Talk
Georgia Gilholy reports on Lavrov's world-order message to Pyongyang, Zelensky's claim that up to fifty thousand more troops could follow the Kursk deployment, Reuters-reported...
North Korea Talk
Trump ordered joint exercises with South Korea scaled back and praised Kim Jong-Un, drawing sharp criticism as Seoul stays muted.
North Korea Talk
Roughly 9,500 are already there. Reuters reports North Korean supplies have at times covered around half of Russia's frontline munitions, and the next contingent...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Stephen Silver reports on a pivotal week for the Strait of Hormuz: Iran's new demand to bar military vessels, a Revolutionary Guard revenue-sharing deal...
Ukraine War
Reuben F. Johnson reports on the newly drafted three-step framework for ending the war in Ukraine — a ceasefire, mutual withdrawals, and a buffer...