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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Dollars and Sense
Dr. Andrew Latham argues the Strategic Petroleum Reserve — down 99 million barrels to a 1983 low, worth about sixteen days of prewar Hormuz...
Dollars and Sense
Defense expert Harrison Kass examines why months of strikes, blockades, and diplomacy haven't reopened the Strait of Hormuz: Iran spent decades building dispersed, survivable...
Dollars and Sense
Trump declared Monday that the U.S. will 'probably run' the Strait of Hormuz, reinstating a blockade on Iranian-linked shipping while keeping the waterway open...
The Treaty
Former Pentagon official Dr. Michael Rubin warns that as the Iran war resumes, Washington's oldest 'magic formula' — backing ethnic separatism to fragment Iran...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Brandon Weichert weighs whether Russia will turn to tactical nuclear weapons as Ukraine's strikes bite — and argues it won't. Russian doctrine reserves them...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
A Corsair drone boat pulled two downed Apache pilots from the Gulf of Oman after two hours in the water — too dangerous a...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Iran's IRGC threatened to close every regional export corridor — 'shared by all or denied to all' — as CENTCOM turned back the first...
Ukraine War
A Russian ballistic missile can reach Kyiv in 2–4 minutes, Ukraine's defense minister says — so little warning that any lag in the alert...
Ukraine War
The presidents of Lithuania and Latvia warn Russia may be preparing 'limited kinetic operations' against NATO's eastern-flank infrastructure to test Article 5, after Poland...
Ukraine War
Ukraine struck near the Black Sea compound Navalny famously alleged belongs to Putin, hitting the FSB patrol ship Izumrud with a sea drone, per...
The Treaty
The IRGC threatened to halt all regional oil and gas exports — 'either for everyone or for no one' — as CENTCOM struck Iran's...
The Treaty
CENTCOM hit Iran's Greater Tunb island for 90 minutes in broad daylight Wednesday as Trump laid out an escalation calendar — power plants next...
The Treaty
President Trump warned Friday that 1,000 missiles are 'locked and loaded' against Iran, with orders already delivered to the Pentagon, should Tehran attempt to...
Dollars and Sense
Trump's 20% Hormuz toll survived barely a day before being swapped for Gulf investment deals — a reversal the piece likens to his tariff...
Dollars and Sense
Ukraine's strike on Omsk — Russia's largest refinery, 400,000 barrels a day, once thought too deep to reach — caps a deliberate strategy: hit...
Dollars and Sense
U.S. strikes pounded Iran's southern coastline for five hours Monday night, clearing the way for the naval blockade resuming at 4 p.m. Tuesday. During...
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...