Dollars and Sense
Spy balloons are bad. But let's worry a little more about the overall rise of China and its military capabilities because that is the...
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Ukraine War
Reuben F. Johnson argues Putin's remaining strategy is to out-suffer Ukraine: the economist fired for saying Russia is falling behind, ISW data showing stalled...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Jack Buckby breaks down the weekend's deep strikes: FP-1 drones hit a Rosneft refinery and reach Ozon, seven of Wildberries' ten biggest hubs sit...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The report said the 5,000 people on the aircraft carrier “went without basic supplies,” including toothpaste, deodorant, and soap, for long stretches of its...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Iran Is an Oil State That Now Burns More Fuel at Home Than It Actually Manages to Produce for Itself
Beijing has now answered publicly, saying pressure is not the solution. One American commissioner argues China has already upgraded the old trade war into...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Jack Buckby examines the job Trump has handed Scott Bessent: enforcing history's toughest sanctions against an Iran built to survive them, with China refusing...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Jack Buckby reports on a split screen from Tehran: President Pezeshkian calls for ending the war while Iran holds leverage, the armed forces chief...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
While America’s F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II are both stealth fighters, they are not completely invisible.
Ukraine War
The last mass mobilization emptied flights and jammed border crossings. This one is expected to fall on the provinces rather than the capital, and...
Ukraine War
Reuben F. Johnson reports on Putin's manpower squeeze: Zelensky predicts a three-hundred-thousand-strong call-up once September's elections pass, Kyiv's intelligence counts thousands of North Koreans...
Ukraine War
Jack Buckby covers a violent weekend turn: Putin warns Kyiv has opened a Pandora's box and vows countermeasures against Ukraine's economy, a second drone...
The Treaty
Pyongyang's earlier deployments went into the fighting and took heavy losses. This one is meant to free Russian troops for offensive operations, and to...
The Treaty
With Trump term-limited, the vice president is the likeliest nominee — and the war is the thing he can neither run toward nor away...
The Treaty
Going dark hides tankers from Iranian targeting and from the commercial trackers at the same time, which is why public counts show a trickle...
Dollars and Sense
Reuben F. Johnson maps the widening e-commerce war: twelve of Wildberries' fifteen biggest warehouses reportedly hit, three Ozon hubs burned in three nights, and...
Dollars and Sense
Jack Buckby examines Iran's badly timed discovery: a Fars province field worth fifteen years of a South Pars phase, announced while war-damaged plants await...
Dollars and Sense
Seven commodity vessels crossed the strait on Thursday, none of them supertankers or gas carriers. Traffic through the Bab el-Mandeb dropped as well. Chinese...
North Korea Talk
Georgia Gilholy reports on Lavrov's world-order message to Pyongyang, Zelensky's claim that up to fifty thousand more troops could follow the Kursk deployment, Reuters-reported...
North Korea Talk
Trump ordered joint exercises with South Korea scaled back and praised Kim Jong-Un, drawing sharp criticism as Seoul stays muted.
North Korea Talk
Roughly 9,500 are already there. Reuters reports North Korean supplies have at times covered around half of Russia's frontline munitions, and the next contingent...
The Treaty
Would Australia ever consider a purchase or even leasing older, U.S. navy nuclear-powered attack submarines? The idea seemed almost crazy nearly ten years ago...