Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – China’s emerging J-36 stealth jet is reshaping debate over the future of Chinese airpower—and whether the long-rumored JH-XX medium...
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Ukraine War
Russia's war dead can be buried quietly, far from the capital. Its wounded cannot. Hundreds of thousands of men are coming home from Ukraine...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Ukraine's strikes on Russia aren't just about oil anymore. Increasingly, Kyiv is going after the plants that build Russia's missiles — the "single points...
Ukraine War
Crimea was supposed to be Putin's greatest achievement — the "sacred" symbol of Russian power he seized in 2014. Now half the peninsula has...
The Treaty
The US-Iran deal isn't a breakthrough, this analysis argues — it's a mutual exit ramp both sides will spin as a win. Washington wants...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
America's Strategic Petroleum Reserve has fallen to its lowest level since 1983 — and Trump says that without an Iran deal, it would have...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Putin is running out of good options — and out of men. With nearly 1.2 million casualties and recruitment falling, Russia is reportedly resorting...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
"Global irrelevance" is what Poland's foreign minister says Britain risks unless it rebuilds its military and meets NATO's spending goals. The blunt warning lands...
Ukraine War
For years, Alexander Lukashenko kept Belarus out of the war in Ukraine. Now Belarus's government-in-exile warns he may be preparing to join it —...
Ukraine War
Putin's own elite have reportedly given him a derisive nickname: "the old grandfather in the bunker." Former Kremlin insiders, speaking to the Financial Times,...
Ukraine War
Ukraine's strikes on Russia aren't just about oil anymore. In one night it hit a Voronezh plant that builds electronic guidance parts for Russia's...
The Treaty
If America walked away from NATO, what would Europe actually lose? Not mainly soldiers, this analysis argues, but the alliance's "eyes and ears" —...
The Treaty
Trump bombed Iran in February to cripple the regime and give its people the chance to overthrow it — "probably your only chance for...
The Treaty
An Israeli minister wants Netanyahu to reject Trump's Iran deal — and this analysis reads it as a real fault line. Trump wants out...
Dollars and Sense
When the Iran war sent gas prices surging, Americans drove less, took transit, and rushed to buy hybrids and EVs. But the shift won't...
Dollars and Sense
As many as 11,000 seafarers have been trapped in the Persian Gulf for months, stranded by the conflict. Now they're finally being evacuated —...
Dollars and Sense
Iran's economy is buckling: oil exports have collapsed to 260,000 barrels a day, inflation hasn't been this high since 1942, and the currency has...
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...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The USS Nimitz, America’s oldest Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is slated to retire in April 2026 after more than...
North Korea Talk
Key Points and Summary – China’s new disarmament and arms-control white paper pointedly omits any commitment to North Korean denuclearization, confirming what Beijing’s behavior...