The Treaty
Donald Trump was elected in 2024 by a unique coalition of groups that seemed unlikely to stay together long-term. Trump earned the support of...
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Dollars and Sense
Even more worrying for Trump, with the status of the Strait of Hormuz still uncertain, he doesn’t have any easy way out of the...
Dollars and Sense
Stephen Silver reports on the diesel squeeze: prices near an all-time high, a refining margin that has never been steeper, refineries running flat out...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Stephen Silver reports on the defensive-missile shortage: CSIS finds stocks down nearly two-thirds since February, author Mark Cancian warns China can derive the same...
Dollars and Sense
Stephen Silver reports on the expired sixty-day memorandum window, Trump's no-talks declaration and open-and-operating claim against standstill traffic, ex-ambassador Marc Sievers on the Oman...
North Korea Talk
Trump ordered joint exercises with South Korea scaled back and praised Kim Jong-Un, drawing sharp criticism as Seoul stays muted.
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Russia has long been known to give some support to Iran during this year’s war with the United States. But a new report states...
The Treaty
Nobody is extending it. An Iranian source told Reuters there is nothing to extend, because the agreement stopped existing weeks ago — after the...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Iran war, its uncertain endgame, and the up-in-the-air status of the Strait of Hormuz have left the United States’ oil reserves in a...