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...
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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
Iran's army spokesman said the war will widen geographically if American strikes resume, describing bases in Jordan and the Gulf as within Tehran's reach....
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
A Wall Street Journal review says U.S. planners are weighing targets beyond Pickaxe Mountain, including Isfahan, Fordow, Natanz and Taleghan 2 at Parchin. Grossi...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Ukraine's campaign reached the Caspian Sea, with Kyiv saying it struck vessels moving military cargo between Russia and Iran. Tehran summoned Ukraine's senior diplomat,...
Ukraine War
Ukrainian government figures cited by CNN make July the country's worst month for civilian casualties since spring 2022. Zelensky said Russia used nearly 1,700...
Ukraine War
An NBC News examination finds Putin's control intact but the mood eroding. Levada put him near three-quarters approval in June, down thirteen points from...
Ukraine War
Zelensky said Russia enlisted about 221,000 people in 2026 while its losses ran slightly higher, and warned Putin is preparing conditions for a broader...
The Treaty
British analyst Jack Buckby argues the two assumptions behind Trump's Iran strategy were never going to work: overwhelming strikes did not bring Tehran to...
The Treaty
Trump’s tariffs have not destroyed the U.S. economy, but the damage is measurable. Consumer prices rose, investment weakened, manufacturing employment failed to surge and...
The Treaty
Senate GOP policy chair Shelley Moore Capito says the public is growing weary of the Iran war, echoing Jim Justice's off-ramp call. Quinnipiac finds...
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....
North Korea Talk
Summary and Key Points: The U.S. could intercept incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) using advanced and developing missile defense technologies. -Ground-based interceptors in Alaska...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Top Takeaways: The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party conducted a wargame exploring a potential U.S.-China conflict over Taiwan. The...