Ukraine War
Summary and Key Points: In the early days of the invasion, Ukrainian soldiers were dropping grenades through tank hatches using drones anyone could buy...
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The Treaty
A Lebanon Ceasefire is Just a Poison Pill: Having signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Iran, President Donald Trump is triumphant in rhetoric. While...
The Treaty
The Iran deal will be sold as peace through strength, but two numbers tell a different story: America's strategic oil reserve has fallen to...
The Treaty
The conventional wisdom says ending the Iran war helps Trump politically. One analyst argues the reverse — noting that George H.W. Bush had 89%...
Ukraine War
Kyiv was supposed to fall in three days. It didn't. The war wasn't supposed to last four years. It has. That record, this analysis...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Ukraine hit a Moscow refinery again — and not just any unit: it struck the one Moscow was counting on to repair the part...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The signed Iran deal opens the Strait of Hormuz "without charge" — for 60 days only. After that, the text hands the strait's future...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Washington has released the full signed Iran deal — a 14-point agreement that freezes Tehran's nuclear program without forcing it to give it up....
Ukraine War
Ukraine's strikes may be draining more than Russia's economy. Ukrainian intelligence, via CBS News, says Russia is running low on the S-300 interceptors that...
Ukraine War
Ukraine launched what appears to be the largest drone attack of the war against Moscow on June 18, striking a major oil refinery, disrupting...
Ukraine War
Even Russia's own state media called it the largest drone attack on Moscow in two years. A refinery 10 miles from the Kremlin burned...
The Treaty
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered a six-month review of America's military role in Europe — pulling all eight NATO-crisis tankers, cutting fighters and...
The Treaty
Here's a telling sign about the Iran deal: hardliners in both Tehran and Washington hate it — which may mean it's a real compromise....
The Treaty
Did Trump cave to Iran? The deal's full terms stay hidden until Friday's signing — and one analyst lays out what critics fear is...
Dollars and Sense
Goldman Sachs says the Strait of Hormuz may never fully recover — and the Gulf isn't waiting to find out. The UAE and Saudi...
Dollars and Sense
Trump just admitted what drove the Iran deal: "We run out of reserves in about four weeks." Staying at war, he warned, could have...
Dollars and Sense
The leaked Iran deal includes a $300 billion reconstruction fund — and one analyst says the optics could burn Trump, even though the White...
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...
The Treaty
Is the Kuwait Airport Attack a Turning Point in the Iran War?: The purported ceasefire crafted between President Donald Trump and the Islamic Republic...
Ukraine War
Putin Still Believes He’ll Win in Ukraine. The People Closest to Him Have Quietly Concluded He Can’t
Summary and Key Points: Vladimir Putin still tells his country that victory in Ukraine is coming. But the war has now lasted longer than...