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...
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Ukraine War
Western media is celebrating Ukraine's burning-refinery strikes as proof the war has turned. This contrarian analysis urges caution: we heard the same after "Russia's...
Ukraine War
Fresh off a week on Ukraine's front lines, analyst Michael Rubin makes a provocative case ahead of the NATO summit: the alliance now needs...
Ukraine War
The numbers in a new CSIS study are almost too large to grasp: over 2 million casualties, 450,000 Russians dead — more than four...
Ukraine War
Ukraine's commander-in-chief says Putin has ordered his General Staff to draw up options for a new offensive — one launched from Belarus, aimed at...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Something flew toward Moscow at unusually high altitude — and Russia's own Defense Ministry confirmed intercepting a "long-range operational-tactical missile," without saying whose. Russian...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
China's first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, just completed its longest deployment ever — 40 days at sea, sailed provocatively near Japan as a signal...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
A new IISS report lays out an alarming pattern: 144 Russian drone incursions across 13 European countries in 15 months — over nuclear-sharing sites,...
Ukraine War
After the most massive Russian attack on Kyiv of the entire war — nearly 500 drones and over 70 missiles, with 25 ballistic missiles...
Ukraine War
The number tells the story: 52,500 people, including 4,500 children, spent the night in Kyiv's metro — the most in years — as Russia...
Ukraine War
Russia and Ukraine Are Promising to Escalate: Both Ukraine and Russia are vowing to escalate and intensify the war after Moscow launched one of...
The Treaty
NBC News reported that Iran and Oman presented the United States with a proposal to administer the Strait of Hormuz, including jointly collecting fees...
The Treaty
The Iran war is hitting your wallet whether you noticed or not: about $1,000 per household so far, by Moody's chief economist's "conservative" estimate...
The Treaty
The war devastated Iran — its supreme leader killed, its navy and missile forces decimated, its economy in freefall. Yet Tehran limped on and...
Dollars and Sense
The oil crisis grabbed the headlines. The food crisis may be the one that lasts. The Strait of Hormuz carries a third of the...
Dollars and Sense
The Iran War's biggest winner never fired a shot. While America drained its emergency oil reserve to a four-decade low, China sat on 1.4...
Dollars and Sense
For the first time since the war shut it down, Saudi Arabia's oil is pouring back through the Strait of Hormuz — five supertankers...
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...
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...
The Treaty
Vladimir Putin is now a partner in crime and an ostensible dear friend of Kim Jong Un as well as Xi Jinping. Each leader...