The Treaty Forget Oil: The Strait of Hormuz Crisis Is Creating Some Really Strange Shortages No One Expected Summary and Key Points: Ask most people what an oil shortage looks like, and they’ll say expensive gas. They won’t say a bakery asking... Brandon WeichertJune 4, 2026
Ukraine War Putin Still Has 5 Ways to Try to Win in Ukraine. One Former U.S. Army Officer Just Explained Why Every One of Them Fails In what is a clear slap in the face to Vladimir Putin, the Ukrainians have attacked his hometown of St. Petersburg. Drones from Ukraine... Brent M. EastwoodJune 4, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More Fighter Jets Kept Climbing to 45,000 Feet to Shoot Down Britain’s Avro Vulcan Bomber. According to Its Pilots, Not One Ever Managed It Summary and Key Points: The Avro Vulcan was designed as a bomber, but it was never defined so tightly in practice. Britain’s great delta-winged V-bomber... Steve BalestrieriJune 4, 2026
The Treaty Trump’s War on Iran Could Still End in a Historic Victory — or Bring Down His Presidency. It All Comes Down to One Thing Summary and Key Points: Strip away the politics, and Trump’s war on Iran reads like two completely different stories. In one, it’s a stunning... Brent M. EastwoodJune 4, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More Iran Thinks Time Is Its Best Weapon Against America. Trump Needs to Take That Off the Table Can Trump Extricate Himself from the Iran War?: When President George W. Bush ordered U.S. troops to invade Iraq almost a quarter century ago,... Michael RubinJune 4, 2026
Dollars and Sense Why the Iran War’s Trajectory May Hinge on China’s Strategic Oil Reserves Summary and Key Points: Almost every conversation about the Iran War points the same way — toward Tehran, the Strait of Hormuz, the warships... Andrew LathamJune 4, 2026
The Treaty Trump’s Iran War Has No Clean Endgame — and the Likeliest Deal Would Favor Tehran U.S. President Donald J. Trump has found himself in a mess, or perhaps it is better to say he has created one for himself.... Robert FarleyJune 4, 2026
Dollars and Sense Everyone’s Watching Gas Prices. The Fuel That Could Actually Break the Economy Is the One Almost No One Talks Abou Summary and Key Points: Here’s a thought experiment one national security analyst can’t shake: what if the Strait of Hormuz simply stays closed —... Brandon WeichertJune 4, 2026
Ukraine War Ukraine Just Proved Russia Can’t Protect Its Two Greatest Cities — and the Timing Couldn’t Have Been More Humiliating Summary and Key Points: For one week a year, St. Petersburg belongs to Vladimir Putin — host to a glittering economic forum built to... Caleb LarsonJune 4, 2026