Ukraine War
Key Points and Summary on HIMARS – The combat-proven M142 HIMARS, which gained fame for its devastating effectiveness in Ukraine, is getting a hypersonic...
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The Treaty
"The object in war is to obtain a better peace," one scholar writes — "and a better peace has not been obtained." By his...
The Treaty
The US-Iran memorandum signed Monday isn't peace — it's a 60-day framework. And the biggest threat to it isn't at the table: Israel says...
Dollars and Sense
The Iran Ceasefire Won’t Fix the Energy Crisis Anytime Soon: With the markets and Washington breathing a deep sigh of relief over the informal...
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"Trump made Neville Chamberlain look like Winston Churchill," writes one veteran Middle East analyst, arguing the Iran deal repeats Obama's worst mistakes — leaving...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Trump and Iran signed a peace deal Monday — and still can't agree what it says. Trump declared the Strait of Hormuz open "toll-free":...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Iran deal has four structural flaws, one analyst argues: Washington and Tehran disagree on who controls Hormuz, Israel isn't bound by it, no...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Everyone's celebrating the Iran ceasefire. One analyst says they're ignoring point four — the clause demanding Israel stop bombing Lebanon. The catch: the US...
Ukraine War
Russia's military recruitment fell 20 percent in the first quarter of 2026 against a year earlier — and the incentives meant to reverse it...
Ukraine War
Russia began the war with up to 20,000 reserve tanks. Satellite images now show roughly 2,000 — and it's pulling 1950s-era T-55s back into...
Ukraine War
Kyiv calls the burning of the Dormition Cathedral a deliberate Russian war crime. One analyst makes the contrary case: the damage is too small...
The Treaty
Washington says Hormuz is permanently toll-free. Iran says 60 days, then come the fees. Those positions can't both be true — and normally that...
The Treaty
Whatever gets signed in Switzerland on Friday, the war's most consequential outcome may be a conclusion forming in Tehran that no agreement can undo:...
The Treaty
Less than a day after President Trump declared the Iran war over and the deal "complete," Iranian state-affiliated media published what it says are...
Dollars and Sense
The Iran war's most lasting hit to Trump may be in American living rooms, not the Gulf. His own Fed pick signaled rate cuts...
Dollars and Sense
Trump says the oil crisis is over. The damage says otherwise. Qatar lost 17 percent of its gas export capacity to Iranian strikes —...
Dollars and Sense
The Hormuz reopening that calmed oil markets has an expiration date: toll-free for 60 days, one analyst notes — then Iran plans to split...
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...
The Treaty
Key Points and Summary on Ukraine and Trump – President Trump’s abrupt pivot to aggressively arming Ukraine is not about achieving a total military...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – In a remote corner of its Xinjiang desert, China has constructed full-scale, movable mock-ups of US Navy warships, including...