Dollars and Sense
Summary and Key Points: China’s island fortresses in the South China Sea are usually told as a military story — the runways, the missiles,...
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The Treaty
Summary and Key Points: Most people picture China’s South China Sea islands as little more than runways carved out of the sea. The reality...
Ukraine War
Recent reports suggest a shift within Russia whereby influential voices within the political establishment are increasingly questioning the trajectory of the Ukraine war. The...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: When fire broke out aboard the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford last March, the Navy described it as a...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
New intelligence suggests that Iran has retained roughly 70 percent of its prewar missile inventory—despite months of Epic Fury. Even more concerning: Iran has...
Ukraine War
After four years of fighting in Ukraine, one of the biggest surprises of the war is that Russia’s economy never collapsed fully in the...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Northrop Grumman is increasing production capacity for the B-21 Raider, hoping that the Air Force ultimately decides to buy more than the original projection...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Since the Ukraine war began four years ago, Putin has issued dozens of explicit or implicit nuclear threats. Depending on the methodology used, some...
Dollars and Sense
Russia’s economy has held together not just because of oil revenue, but because the Kremlin is quietly forcing state banks to finance the war...