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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...