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The Treaty
Israel and the War in Gaza: Battle Rages On As Israel marks the second anniversary of the surprise Hamas assault that killed more Jews...
North Korea Talk
Key Points and Summary – Thucydides cast armistices as brief intermissions before tragedy resumes. Could Korea’s 1953 truce be the longest intermission in history—or...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – New photos (see image at the top) from Russia appear to show a flyable Sukhoi Su-75 “Checkmate” prototype on...
The Treaty
Key Points and Summary – Russia’s drone and airspace provocations—from the Baltics to Scandinavia—are less proof of strength than of insecurity. -While threatening Bornholm...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – In 2015, HMS Talent—a Trafalgar-class attack sub—struck floating ice while tracking Russian submarines, ripping a six-foot hole in her...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The RAH-66 Comanche was a stealthy scout/attack helicopter designed to replace the OH-58 and complement or even supplant the...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Admiral Kuznetsov was conceived as a “heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser” to slip through the Bosporus, fielding Su-33/MiG-29K jets from a...
Ukraine War
Key Points and Summary – Russia’s battlefield tactics are regressing under pressure from Ukrainian drones and mounting equipment losses. -Leaked footage shows soldiers training...
Ukraine War
Key Points and Summary – In year four of Russia’s war, Ukraine has flipped the battlefield by striking Russia’s oil network with drones and...
Ukraine War
The 2022 Ukraine War: Why It Never Had to Happen WARSAW, POLAND – In the Summer of 2020, the Ukraine war could have been...
The Treaty
Key Point and Summary – President Trump claims a Gaza ceasefire is near, framing it within a push for “lasting peace.” -His team has...
The Treaty
Article Summary – Is the U.S. Getting Ready To Go To War with Venezuela? -Donald Trump campaigned on avoiding quagmire wars—but Venezuela is testing...
The Treaty
Key Points and Summary – The Trump Administration is exploring a workaround to restore Turkey’s access to F-35s by deeming Ankara’s Russian S-400 “inoperable”...
Dollars and Sense
Key Points and Summary – The 2025 Trustees Report says Social Security can pay full benefits only until 2034—after that, without Congress acting, benefits...
Dollars and Sense
United States President Donald Trump touts his trade deals as victories against foreign countries, but it will ultimately be American businesses and consumers who...
Dollars and Sense
Key Points and Summary – With days left before Ottawa releases its fighter review, PM Mark Carney could keep the first 16 F-35 fighters...
North Korea Talk
Author’s Note: This paper draws on work dating back to the 1990s with a previous proposal for a combatant command for Northeast Asia. -The...
North Korea Talk
North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un has just expressed his willingness to meet United States President Donald Trump. Kim even says he has ‘fond...
North Korea Talk
Key Points and Summary – South Korean intelligence reports say Russia has provided North Korea with two to three nuclear-submarine propulsion modules—reportedly lifted from...
Ukraine War
The Republican concern with China’s threat to America is understandable, arguably even laudable, as many of China’s economic, security, and human rights policies do, in fact, challenge...
The Treaty
The State Department Operations Center called me in the middle of the night 34 years ago this summer – August 2, 1990 – to...