The Treaty
Is war between Hezbollah and Israel next? Against the backdrop of the October 7th attacks by the Hamas terrorist organization, Israel became embroiled in...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Professor Andrew Latham reads the blockade numbers: non-Iranian Hormuz transits collapsed to a fraction of last year's while Iran-linked traffic barely dipped, moving inside...
The Treaty
Saudi Arabia stopped bombing the Houthis, pulled back in Yemen, and let its proxies work with them. Michael Rubin on what that bought Riyadh,...
Dollars and Sense
The outrage over firing a costly missile at a cheap drone misses the point, Dr. Andrew Latham argues: the problem is not the price...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Three tankers loaded with Saudi crude for Asia reversed course in the Red Sea on Tuesday and headed for Suez instead. Nobody fired at...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Trump posted that Xi and Putin both assured him China and Russia will not arm Iran — but US officials say Russia provided targeting...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Analyst Brandon Weichert argues US strikes face diminishing returns because Iran buried its key facilities underground over two decades. He calls seizing Kharg Island...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
A Houthi spokesman says there is no closure of Bab al-Mandeb — only a naval blockade targeting the Saudi side. Rubio confirmed Tehran's flights...
Ukraine War
Romanian F-16s, backed by Italian Typhoons on NATO air policing, tracked an unidentified drone for over an hour before shooting it down near Buzau...
Ukraine War
Ukraine has damaged or destroyed a large share of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet using missiles, aerial drones and unmanned vessels. Moscow lost its flagship,...
Ukraine War
Ukrainian strikes have hit eight Wildberries warehouses since July 18, and Russian sellers are counting the cost — one watched four thousand fur coats...
The Treaty
Administration officials told the Wall Street Journal that President Trump is in revenge mode, convinced only greater force can end the Iran war. He...
The Treaty
For most of the war, ordinary Russians in the big cities watched it from a distance. Fuel queues and the burning of Wildberries warehouses...
The Treaty
An Economist/YouGov poll conducted July 17 through 20 found roughly a third of Americans approve of Trump's job performance and three in five disapprove,...
Dollars and Sense
President Donald Trump imposed tariffs of 10 percent to 12.5 percent on imports from 60 economies as the Iran war pushed oil above $100....
Dollars and Sense
Donald Trump said the world could exhaust its oil reserves within four weeks if Hormuz remained restricted. He then returned to war with Iran....
Dollars and Sense
Reuters reports Yemeni officials and Western diplomats see a sharply higher risk of civil war returning, with Houthi and government forces reinforcing front lines...
North Korea Talk
For years Beijing said it wanted both stability and denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula. Stability always ranked higher, but the second goal was at...
North Korea Talk
Pyongyang promised Moscow it will stay until victory. Moscow promised something back — and Beijing is watching its hold on Kim slip away.
North Korea Talk
North Korea's foreign minister promised Putin on July 19 that Pyongyang will back Russia until victory — a pledge already embedded in the war....
Dollars and Sense
When I joined the U.S. Navy in 1995, warfare was dominated by physical battlegrounds and traditional combat tactics. Today, that landscape has shifted dramatically....
Dollars and Sense
One of the critical elements of modern warfare, reinforced by the war in Ukraine, is the importance of air superiority and the need to...