Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More In 2004, the U.S. Army Bet $160 Billion on a Drone-Powered Future. As a RAND Analyst, I Told Them It Would Never Work In 2004, the U.S. Army bet $160 billion on the Future Combat System — a fleet of networked, drone-powered vehicles meant to replace the... Brent M. EastwoodJune 24, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More The Iran Deal Explicitly Bans Threats of Force. Trump Just Made Another One — and It Could Blow Up the Talks The Iran deal Trump signed explicitly bans both sides from threatening force. On Tuesday, he made another implied threat anyway — "I'll do what... Jack BuckbyJune 24, 2026
Dollars and Sense 11,000 Sailors Have Been Trapped in the Persian Gulf for Months Thanks to the Iran War. They’re Finally Coming Home 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 —... Jack BuckbyJune 23, 2026
The Treaty The Iran War Was Supposed to Topple the Regime. Four Months Later, Washington Is Negotiating From the Weaker Hand Trump bombed Iran in February to cripple the regime and give its people the chance to overthrow it — "probably your only chance for... Jack BuckbyJune 23, 2026
The Treaty U.S.-Iran Deal Isn’t a Breakthrough. It’s a Mutual Exit Ramp Both Sides Will Spin as a Win 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... Harrison KassJune 22, 2026
Dollars and Sense Iran’s Currency Has Collapsed to 1.2 Million to the Dollar — and Meat Is Now a Luxury 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... Jack BuckbyJune 22, 2026
Dollars and Sense One-Fifth of the World’s Oil Runs Through Hormuz. A Failed Deal Could Push Prices Toward $200 A day after Iran snubbed him in Switzerland, Vice President Vance called the talks a "very, very good day" and said Iran agreed to... Jack BuckbyJune 22, 2026
The Treaty What a U.S.-Israel Break Would Actually Look Like — and It Wouldn’t Be a Speech An Israeli minister wants Netanyahu to reject Trump's Iran deal — and this analysis reads it as a real fault line. Trump wants out... Harrison KassJune 22, 2026
The Treaty ‘You Close It, and You Won’t Have a Country’: Trump’s Warning to Iran After It Shut the Strait Again Iran declared the Strait of Hormuz closed again — though CENTCOM says it's still open, and the ship counts are murky. Trump's response was... Steve BalestrieriJune 22, 2026