The Treaty
In April and again last month, Kim Yo-Jong, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un’s sister and influential policy adviser, demanded that President Trump explicitly acknowledge...
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Ukraine War
The numbers in a new CSIS study are almost too large to grasp: over 2 million casualties, 450,000 Russians dead — more than four...
Ukraine War
Ukraine's commander-in-chief says Putin has ordered his General Staff to draw up options for a new offensive — one launched from Belarus, aimed at...
Dollars and Sense
Everyone is watching the Strait of Hormuz for oil. The bigger threat moving through it feeds the world: the natural gas and sulfur behind...
Ukraine War
When Putin admitted Russia's fuel shortages, he meant to look like a state in control. Instead he confirmed what Ukraine has quietly engineered: not...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
When Washington launched its operation to break Iran's grip on the Strait of Hormuz, it counted on Saudi bases — and Riyadh said no....
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Behind the scenes, Trump has been preparing for the war with Iran to restart. Per a Wall Street Journal report, he held repeated talks...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Trump reportedly came close to restarting the war with Iran this week — then met with his military advisers, didn't like what he heard,...
Ukraine War
Someone just moved the market on Putin's downfall. A newly created Polymarket account placed bets large enough to shift the odds that he leaves...
Ukraine War
An anonymous Polymarket user — nicknamed "ZnotluvuiSamez," flying a Ukrainian flag avatar — has bet $409,000 that Putin will be out of power by...
Ukraine War
Putin's forces bombed Kyiv for 11 straight hours, killing at least 20 civilians. In this searing analysis, Rutgers professor Alexander Motyl argues the barrage...
The Treaty
The war devastated Iran — its supreme leader killed, its navy and missile forces decimated, its economy in freefall. Yet Tehran limped on and...
The Treaty
On the very day U.S.-Iran peace talks opened in Doha, the threats hit a new level: Israel's defense minister declared Iran's supreme leader effectively...
The Treaty
Trump's national security team has reportedly presented him with options to resume all-out war on Iran — one of them an amphibious and airborne...
Dollars and Sense
The Iran War's biggest winner never fired a shot. While America drained its emergency oil reserve to a four-decade low, China sat on 1.4...
Dollars and Sense
For the first time since the war shut it down, Saudi Arabia's oil is pouring back through the Strait of Hormuz — five supertankers...
Dollars and Sense
Everyone expected $150 oil when Iran choked the Strait of Hormuz. Instead prices keep falling — and one contrarian forecast says they could crash...
North Korea Talk
North Korea stalled, negotiated, and built the bomb anyway — and its 2022 doctrine orders everything launched if its leaders are ever struck. Kim...
North Korea Talk
The recent North Korea–China summit highlights Beijing’s increasing concern over Moscow’s growing influence in Pyongyang. Since the Ukraine war began, Russia and North Korea...
North Korea Talk
Manila, Philippines – On the occasion of his visit to Pyongyang, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) General Secretary Xi Jinping has received one of the...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The F-35 Lightning II’s true dominance lies not in traditional dogfighting metrics but in its revolutionary “brain.” -It acts...
Ukraine War
Key Points and Summary – A new think tank report argues that Russia’s military is “fundamentally vulnerable” due to deep, systemic flaws exposed by...