The Treaty
A White House official now puts the odds at "80 to 85 percent" — up from 75. But Washington and Tehran are still describing...
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Ukraine War
Nine miles from Chernobyl, a Russian drone struck the site storing Ukraine's spent nuclear fuel. The IAEA's verdict: "very fragile." Two weeks earlier, Moscow...
Ukraine War
The forum had one job: show investors Russia's economy is fine. Delegates arrived to black smoke over St. Petersburg — Ukraine had just hit...
Ukraine War
Russia still advances — at less than 8 percent of last year's pace, by ISW's count. Meanwhile every soldier it recruits is a worker...
The Treaty
Iran's state media kept score: thirty-eight times, a deal was declared imminent. But claim thirty-nine came with something the other thirty-eight didn't — a...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The morning brought a vow to turn the region into "hell" and a formal Iranian decree closing Hormuz to every ship on Earth. The...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
One of the largest cruise missiles in development anywhere on Earth isn't American, Russian, or Chinese — it's Ukrainian, built around a repurposed passenger-jet...
Ukraine War
Putin's offensive has stalled and his drone war is being lost — so analysts say he's saving his missiles for winter: a campaign built...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The uncomfortable truth, by this analysis: Tehran's assessment is correct. America could flatten Iran again — but the missiles it would spend are the...