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Key Points and Summary on China and Trump – While President Trump correctly identified China as America’s primary geopolitical challenge, his transactional “America First”...
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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...
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:...
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...
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
British commandos fast-roped from a helicopter onto a sanctioned Russian oil tanker in the English Channel — the UK's first such seizure, with Royal...
Ukraine War
France calls the strike on Kyiv's 1,000-year-old Pechersk Lavra "like bombing Notre-Dame," and Europe's foreign ministers are pushing tougher sanctions on Moscow. Russia denies...
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...
Ukraine War
Russia is now reportedly disguising fuel trucks as milk tankers just to reach Crimea, where Ukrainian drones hunt the roads and military traffic has...
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
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...
The Treaty
The deal fixes the crisis the Iran war created — Hormuz, the blockade — and barely touches the three problems Washington started with: nuclear,...
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...
Dollars and Sense
If Iran's version is real, the leaked terms don't look good for Washington: Hormuz free for just 60 days before "service fees" — a...
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 on Ford-Class Carrier – The U.S. Navy’s new aircraft carrier, the USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79), is facing a massive...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary on F-35 – In a significant strategic move, the United States has deployed F-35 stealth fighters to the Philippines for...