Stephen Silver

Stephen Silver is a journalist, essayist, and film critic, who is also a contributor to Philly Voice, Philadelphia Weekly, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Living Life Fearless, Backstage magazine, Broad Street Review, and Splice Today. The co-founder of the Philadelphia Film Critics Circle, Stephen lives in suburban Philadelphia with his wife and two sons. Follow him on Twitter at @StephenSilver.

Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) transits the South China Sea, June 8, 2026. Boxer, flagship of the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, is underway with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet, the Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners to preserve a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Eliora Sims)

Dollars and Sense

Trump Just Got Handed a Chilling Read From Tehran: The View Inside Iran Is That ‘The Main War Has Not Yet Begun’

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...

Stephen SilverAugust 18, 2026

President Donald J. Trump hosts a Rose Garden Club dinner in honor of Police Week in the White House Rose Garden, Monday, May 11, 2026. (Official White House Photo by Molly Riley)

North Korea Talk

Kim Jong-Un Just Got Handed a Gift Before Any Talks Began: Trump Ordered the War Games With South Korea Scaled Back

Trump ordered joint exercises with South Korea scaled back and praised Kim Jong-Un, drawing sharp criticism as Seoul stays muted.

Stephen SilverAugust 18, 2026

U.S. Soldiers assigned to 2-11 Long Range Fires Battalion, 25th Infantry Division Artillery, fire a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System during a counter-landing live-fire exercise as part of Exercise Balikatan 2026 at La Paz Sand Dunes, Laoag City, Philippines, May 4, 2026. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military that represents the strength of our alliance, improves our capable combined force, and demonstrates our commitment to regional peace and prosperity. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Duke Edwards)

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Trump Just Got Handed Proof of a Deeper Problem: Russia Is Rearming Iran Through a Sea No American Warship Can Touch

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...

Stephen SilverAugust 18, 2026

KEKAHA, Hawaii — U.S. Army 3rd Multi-Domain Task Force fires the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), which can fire traditional rocket artillery rounds or long-range missiles with various payloads, on Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands, during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024, July 11. Twenty-nine nations, 40 surface ships, three submarines, 14 national land forces, more than 150 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC in and around the Hawaiian Islands, June 27 to Aug. 1. The world' s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world' s oceans. RIMPAC 2024 is the 29th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (Japanese Ground Self Defense Force Courtesy Photo)

The Treaty

Trump Has a New Iran Disaster to Deal With: The Memorandum of Understanding Has Expired and Tehran Is Over It

Nobody is extending it. An Iranian source told Reuters there is nothing to extend, because the agreement stopped existing weeks ago — after the...

Stephen SilverAugust 17, 2026

U.S. Air Force Capt. Nick “Laz” Le Tourneau, pilot and commander of the F-22 Raptor Aerial Demonstration Team, performs an aerial demonstration during the Spirit of St. Louis Air Show and STEM Expo in Chesterfield, Missouri, June 7, 2026. Aerial demonstrations are conducted to showcase the capabilities of the F-22 and provide the public an opportunity to observe Air Force operations, gaining a better understanding of its mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Mary Bowers)

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Donald Trump Has Gone Wild: He Said Iran Must ‘Wave the White Flag of Surrender’ and He Could Now Bomb Oman Next

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...

Stephen SilverAugust 17, 2026

Ukraine War

Ukraine Has Found a New Way to Take the War to Russia That Putin Now Looks Powerless to Stop It

The company doesn't sell anything of its own — it runs on 100,000 franchised pick-up points and handles one in every two online purchases...

Stephen SilverAugust 17, 2026

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Ukraine’s Defense Ministry Says Seven of the Ten Largest Wildberries Logistics Centers Have Been Taken Out of Operation

Stephen Silver reports Ukraine's Defense Ministry says seven of the ten largest Wildberries logistics centers are out of operation after another record overnight wave...

Stephen SilverAugust 17, 2026

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Ukraine Drove Russia’s Black Sea Fleet Out of Sevastopol. Now It Has Hit the Very Port They Moved the Fleet To

Sea drones once forced Russia to move its Black Sea Fleet from Sevastopol to Novorossiysk. This week Ukraine reached Novorossiysk too, and the argument...

Stephen SilverAugust 15, 2026

USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), and USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) cruise side-by-side in the Philippine Sea June 18, 2006, during exercise Valiant Shield 2006. The joint exercise consists of 28 naval vessels, more than 300 aircraft, and approximately 20,000 service members from the Navy, Army, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Photographer's Mate Spike Call) (Released)

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Sailors Aboard US Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS Abraham Lincoln Have Now Gone More Than 200 Days Without a Single Port Call Anywhere at All

A senator's letter to the Pentagon raises water contamination, plumbing failures and mail that never arrives, and asks whether the Navy can sustain this...

Stephen SilverAugust 14, 2026

National Security Journal

Stephen Silver

Dollars and Sense

Trump Just Got Handed a Chilling Read From Tehran: The View Inside Iran Is That ‘The Main War Has Not Yet Begun’

North Korea Talk

Kim Jong-Un Just Got Handed a Gift Before Any Talks Began: Trump Ordered the War Games With South Korea Scaled Back

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Trump Just Got Handed Proof of a Deeper Problem: Russia Is Rearming Iran Through a Sea No American Warship Can Touch

The Treaty

Trump Has a New Iran Disaster to Deal With: The Memorandum of Understanding Has Expired and Tehran Is Over It

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Donald Trump Has Gone Wild: He Said Iran Must ‘Wave the White Flag of Surrender’ and He Could Now Bomb Oman Next

Ukraine War

Ukraine Has Found a New Way to Take the War to Russia That Putin Now Looks Powerless to Stop It

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Ukraine’s Defense Ministry Says Seven of the Ten Largest Wildberries Logistics Centers Have Been Taken Out of Operation

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Ukraine Drove Russia’s Black Sea Fleet Out of Sevastopol. Now It Has Hit the Very Port They Moved the Fleet To

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Sailors Aboard US Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS Abraham Lincoln Have Now Gone More Than 200 Days Without a Single Port Call Anywhere at All

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