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A new analysis argues the true beneficiaries of Trump's Iran war were America's great-power rivals. Russia reportedly fed Iran targeting data on U.S. bases...
Ukraine War
Ukraine failed to intercept any of the Russian ballistic missiles fired at Kyiv on July 6 because its stock of Patriot PAC-3 interceptors is...
Ukraine War
As leaders including President Trump gather in Ankara for the NATO summit, a new warning argues the event could be too tempting a target...
Ukraine War
Ukrainian drones attached and hit fighter hangars at two Crimean air bases — and Kyiv says the aircraft losses run into the hundreds of...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
With talks stalled and strikes resuming, this piece lays out Trump's narrowing options on Iran: continued diplomacy that has achieved nothing, a JSOC raid...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Trump declared the Iran ceasefire finished at the NATO summit, vowing more strikes "hard again tonight" and threatening to reimpose the oil blockade. Crude...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Canada has selected Germany's ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems to build a new fleet of up to 12 submarines — a deal that could exceed $100...
Ukraine War
Ukraine's drone campaign against Russian refineries is rippling into Europe: diesel prices have surged to their highest since April after Moscow banned exports through...
Ukraine War
Russia banned diesel exports through July 31 and began importing fuel — an extraordinary step for a top oil producer — after Ukrainian drones...
Ukraine War
Zelensky Just Made His Case to NATO: ‘Do You Really Believe It Would Be Right to Leave Ukraine Out?’
At the NATO summit in Ankara, Zelensky pressed the alliance to admit Ukraine, arguing its battle-hardened, drone-driven military would make NATO stronger. But membership...
The Treaty
Hours after Iran struck three commercial tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Central Command launched strikes on more than 80 Iranian targets, including...
The Treaty
After Iran's Revolutionary Guard struck three tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, Trump declared the ceasefire dead — calling Iran's leaders "scum" — as...
The Treaty
After Iran's Revolutionary Guard struck three ships in the Strait of Hormuz, Trump ordered renewed strikes and declared the interim deal dead. But former...
Dollars and Sense
As NATO leaders gathered in Ankara, the alliance unveiled tens of billions in new defense projects — over $40 billion for counter-drones, an "Amazon-style"...
Dollars and Sense
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC, aka Sepah or Pasdaran) is at it again. Not quite three weeks after the official signing of the...
Dollars and Sense
The U.S. revoked its authorization for Iranian oil sales after Iran struck three commercial tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, reversing a license issued...
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...
The Treaty
No one familiar with the increasingly dangerous escalation along Israel’s northern border seems to doubt that war between the Jewish state and Hezbollah is...
Ukraine War
North Korea will apparently send soldiers to Ukraine’s Russian-occupied territories as part of the mutual defense pact signed recently by Kim Jung Un and...