Ukraine War
Ukraine's deep-strike campaign is the most successful thing it has done all year, and Zelensky has been explicit that the point is coercion: make...
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Ukraine War
Most likely to bring Putin to his knees is Ukraine’s progressive strangulation of Crimea. If Russian soldiers and civilians continue to flee the peninsula,...
Ukraine War
The Nuclear Stigma Has Held for Eighty Years: A Single Tactical Nuke in the Ukraine War Could End It
The case against tactical nuclear use is not only humanitarian. If such weapons are shown to accomplish what the largest conventional munitions cannot, every...
The Treaty
American nonproliferation policy treats the spread of nuclear weapons as uniformly destabilising. A body of scholarship associated with Kenneth Waltz and Christopher Layne holds...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
As one Ukrainian defense industry executive told National Security Journal recently, “NATO now needs us more than we need them.”
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Somebody is wrong. The Pentagon insists the force is "locked and loaded." The inventory reports say America burned through more missiles in a month...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
A Strait of Hormuz deal has been reported as close, but there had been no announcement of a final agreement as of Thursday morning.
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Andrii Cherniak of Ukraine's Main Directorate of Intelligence reported that North Korea is sending a missile unit comprised of around North Korean personnel to...
Ukraine War
Kherson went dark, a wheat ship lost a crewman, and Russia's refineries caught fire in the same morning. Both sides now treat anything feeding...
Ukraine War
Reuben F. Johnson reports that a ground worker found an explosive-laden drone on the secure cargo apron at Leipzig/Halle Airport, beside a Ukrainian Antonov...
Ukraine War
Reuben F. Johnson relays Garry Kasparov's Telegraph op-ed arguing Europe has still not acknowledged it is at war with Russia, pointing to a sanctions...
The Treaty
Oil traders aren't celebrating yet — the last agreement collapsed within weeks. This one reportedly gives Iran a level of control over the world's...
The Treaty
Steve Balestrieri reports that Trump wants an Iran-Oman deal on the strait within a day, warning of what he calls decapitation strikes and describing...
The Treaty
Dr. Andrew Latham argues the Oman-Iran corridor taking shape is an off-ramp Trump can take — but not the settlement he described. Baghaei's own...
Dollars and Sense
Russia banned fuel exports, started importing gasoline, and watched pump prices climb by nearly a fifth — while a former Russian oil executive says...
Dollars and Sense
Trump says we'll know within 48 hours — the strait opens "very soon," or Iran gets "hit very hard." But the fine print holds...
Dollars and Sense
Caleb Larson reports that the energy squeeze has moved from the price of crude to the world's ability to refine it, with Russia's diesel...
North Korea Talk
Reuben F. Johnson reports that an official with Ukraine's Defense Intelligence Service says a North Korean missile unit has begun deploying personnel, missiles and...
North Korea Talk
Jack Buckby reports that Ukraine's Main Intelligence Directorate told Reuters a North Korean missile unit has begun deploying to Russia's Voronezh region, potentially bringing...
North Korea Talk
North Korea and Russia are finishing their first-ever road bridge, officially economic but believed to be a covert military supply route—trucks are far harder...
Ukraine War
With Ukraine's drone campaign strangling Russia's fuel supply, Western institutions have mapped Putin's remaining escalation options below the nuclear threshold — from cable-cutting and...
Ukraine War
Russians Want the War to End, But Putin Is Doubling Down: As Ukraine’s long-range drone campaign moves from one success to another, inflicting major...