The Treaty
Ukraine’s NATO Membership Path and Hurdles Towards Ascension: The Russian invasion of Ukraine is increasingly becoming intertwined with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, not...
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Dollars and Sense
Right now, a meaningful share of the oil that keeps the global economy moving is not being pumped from the ground. It is being...
The Treaty
The Biggest Threat to Trump’s Iran Deal Isn’t in Tehran — It’s Several Hundred Miles West, in Beirut
Summary and Key Points: For weeks, the story has been sanctions, enrichment, and inspections. But the thing most likely to sink Trump’s Iran diplomacy...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Russia Spent Years Perfecting Drone Warfare Against Ukraine — Now It Can’t Keep Ukraine’s Drones Out
Summary and Key Points: For years, Russia terrorized Ukrainian cities with cheap drones. Now the weapon has turned around on Moscow, exposing a hole...
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...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: It looks almost comical — a squat white dome sailors nicknamed “R2-D2.” But the Phalanx is one of the deadliest...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: At first glance, it was a display of raw power: in one night, Russia hurled 656 drones and 73 missiles...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: There’s a single island in the Persian Gulf through which Iran ships 90 percent of its oil — and planners...
Ukraine War
Summary and Key Points: Russia’s own polls show Putin is as popular as ever — with approval near 80 percent and no sign of...
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...
The Treaty
Summary and Key Points: For more than a decade, the U.S. military ran war game after war game simulating a conflict with Iran, and...
The Treaty
Summary and Key Points: It was intended as a demonstration of American power. Instead, argues national-security editor Brandon Weichert, it’s becoming a lesson in...
The Treaty
Summary and Key Points: Every party in the Middle East says it wants the war to end — the U.S., Israel, Iran, and the...
Dollars and Sense
The Iran War Has Already Hit Your Gas Tank. Next, Economists Warn, It’s Coming for Your Grocery Bill
Summary and Key Points: So far, the Iran War has hit Americans where they expected: at the gas pump, where prices have jumped 35%...
Dollars and Sense
China’s crude oil imports have collapsed since the Iran War began, but global oil markets have so far avoided the supply shock many analysts...
Dollars and Sense
Iran has time on its side — and every week the Strait of Hormuz stays closed, the danger to the global economy grows. A...
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...
The Treaty
This week’s 75th anniversary NATO summit finds the alliance as critical to global security as it has been at almost any time in its history....
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Navy’s Los Angeles-class submarines, built in the 1970s, 80s, and 90s, remain essential to the fleet today. Designed...