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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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
Another overnight wave sent more than 200 drones toward the Moscow region, with Russia claiming 375 intercepted across 18 regions. Intercepts near Moscow have...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Day six of the renewed war brought expanded US strikes across Iran and wider Iranian attacks on America's Gulf partners — with only a...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Washington–Tehran MoU effectively ceded Hormuz control to Iran — so Trump forced ships onto the Omani route, and the deal collapsed in 18...
Ukraine War
Hours after Russia's central bank reported its weakest business climate since early 2022, Peskov insisted the economy's troubles are 'not of a critical nature.'...
Ukraine War
A day after von der Leyen announced an EU 'drone deal' promising safe production sites, Russia fired 164 drones and missiles at Kyiv and...
Ukraine War
Kyiv says it struck 11 more Russian-linked vessels Thursday, bringing July's claimed total to 147 — and Russia is now restricting traffic through the...
The Treaty
US airstrikes hit Iran's southern coast for a fifth straight day as the IRGC declared Hormuz an 'unbreakable red line' and threatened regional infrastructure....
The Treaty
Beijing rebuffed Putin's Power of Siberia 2 pipeline, demanding domestic-rate gas and telling Moscow not to raise it again — while quietly courting Russians...
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...
Dollars and Sense
A European intelligence report seen by Reuters warns Russia faces an 'explosive' banking crisis that one ambitious sanctions package could trigger — as the...
Dollars and Sense
Commercial transits through the Strait of Hormuz have fallen to near-zero since fighting resumed — from roughly 140 ships daily before the war to...
Dollars and Sense
Is it time to tax oil windfalls?: The year’s numerous oil price spikes, mostly related to the stop-and-start war in Iran, have put a...
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...
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...