The Treaty Iran Just Learned How Much Leverage It Always Had. That’s the Fact It Keeps No Matter What the Talks Decide The deal fixes the crisis the Iran war created — Hormuz, the blockade — and barely touches the three problems Washington started with: nuclear,... Andrew LathamJune 15, 2026
The Treaty Donald Trump’s New Iran Deal Settles Nothing: It Looks Like a Long-term Ceasefire with Giant Question Marks Trump calls it a completed deal. Iran calls it a ceasefire opening 60 days of talks. They're describing the same document — and both... Harry J. KazianisJune 14, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More British Commandos Rappelled Onto a Russian Shadow-Fleet Tanker in the English Channel — a First for the UK British commandos fast-roped from a helicopter onto a sanctioned Russian oil tanker in the English Channel — the UK's first such seizure, with Royal... Reuben JohnsonJune 14, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More Israel Is Bracing for Iranian Missiles After Striking Beirut — Hours Before Trump’s Deal Was Set to Sign Hours before the Iran deal was set to sign, Israel struck Beirut — and an Iranian general says it "will not go unanswered." Israel's... Harry J. KazianisJune 14, 2026
Ukraine War Ukraine’s Manpower Math Just Forced a Decision It Long Avoided — Up to Half Its Infantry, Recruited From Abroad Ukraine's top general wants foreigners to fill up to half its assault and infantry units — screened and delivered by private recruiting firms, paid... Reuben JohnsonJune 14, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More The Most Expensive Weapon in U.S. History Is Fully Combat-Ready Just One-Quarter of the Time America's F-35 — at a lifetime cost some put above $2 trillion, the priciest weapon ever built — was fully combat-ready just 25 percent... Jack BuckbyJune 14, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More America Spent Decades as NATO’s Backbone. It’s Now Telling Europe to Carry Its Own Weight Fifty fighter jets. An aircraft carrier. A submarine. And every one of America's refueling tankers in Europe. The U.S. might be pulling back the... Jack BuckbyJune 14, 2026
Ukraine War Putin’s Military Is In Real Trouble in Ukraine: Russia Is Now Losing More Soldiers Than It Can Recruit Russia is offering men $80,000 to fight in Ukraine and $140,000 in debt relief — and recruitment still fell 20 percent this year. For... Harry J. KazianisJune 14, 2026
Ukraine War The Cracks in Putin’s Rule Are Real for the First Time. The Machine to Remove Him in Russia Still Doesn’t Exist For the first time, the cracks in Putin's rule are real — a shrinking economy, a stalled war, an elite near schism. And for... Harry J. KazianisJune 14, 2026