North Korea Talk
On June 26, 2024, the North Koreans conducted a test of what they called MIRV technology. Pyongyang claimed the test “aimed at securing the...
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Ukraine War
Russia is bleeding up to 1,500 men a day in the Ukraine war — enough that the army must rebuild a full division every...
The Treaty
Trump’s Ceasefire Mirage Is Collapsing: and the War Is About to Return: The purported ceasefire between the United States and the Islamic Republic of...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Iran’s decision to walk away – breaking in the news right now – from the negotiating table and threatening to seal the Strait of...
Dollars and Sense
Most commentary on Russia’s frozen reserves treats the story as one of irony. Vladimir Putin accumulated nearly $300 billion to protect Russia from Western...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The most-wanted financial fugitive in Poland thought he had found the perfect hiding place. To disappear, Marcin Pióro did not flee to a non-extradition...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Iran Said Talks Were Over — Days Later, It’s Quietly Reviewing a Deal to Reopen the Strait of Hormuz
Summary and Key Points: A day after Iran declared its talks with the U.S. over, something shifted. Tehran is now quietly reviewing a deal...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: The USS John C. Stennis entered its mid-life Refueling and Complex Overhaul in May 2021, and is expected back with...
Ukraine War
Summary and Key Points: Russia can’t seem to fight a war without breaking something — and the latest casualty is its own budget, thanks...
Ukraine War
Summary and Key Points: Picture the war in Ukraine ending tomorrow on terms Putin can sell. The map might look like a draw. Russia’s...
Ukraine War
When Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine in 2022, no one believed the war would reach Moscow, 500 kilometers away, behind dense air defenses. That...
The Treaty
Summary and Key Points: Behind the headlines about Iran’s war is what’s happening to ordinary Iranians: their money is becoming worthless. -Inflation has hit...
The Treaty
Summary and Key Points: When Trump announced his blockade of Iran in April, the goal was simple: choke off the oil money that keeps...
The Treaty
Iran isn’t just blockading the Strait of Hormuz anymore — it’s monetizing it. A new law creates a dedicated agency, backed by the Revolutionary...
Dollars and Sense
Summary and Key Points: The Strait of Hormuz has been shut since the war began in February. Iran has walked away from talks, and...
Dollars and Sense
Summary and Key Points: Iran has turned the world’s busiest oil route into a tollbooth — forcing ships through Hormuz to pay its government,...
Dollars and Sense
Summary and Key Points: The SR-71 Blackbird was built almost entirely of titanium to survive the heat of Mach 3 flight — but engineers...
North Korea Talk
Summary and Key Points: Four years into a war the Kremlin expected to win in weeks, Russia is leaning on North Korean soldiers to...
North Korea Talk
South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported on May 21 that Chinese President Xi Jinping may travel to Pyongyang as early as next week, according...
North Korea Talk
MANILA – Russia has paid North Korea up to $ 14.4 billion in military aid since 2023. The figure is roughly equivalent to North...
Ukraine War
Too often, as Ukraine faces Russia’s onslaught, the Biden administration undermines it publicly. In the days prior to the 2022 invasion, for example, White...
North Korea Talk
It’s deeply troubling to see Russia and North Korea upgrade their military relationship. Not because of an ambiguous promise that Moscow might come to...