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Ukraine War

Putin May Try to Send NATO Leaders Home ‘in Body Bags’: Why the Ankara Summit Could Be Too Tempting a Target for the Kremlin

As leaders including President Trump gather in Ankara for the NATO summit, a new warning argues the event could be too tempting a target...

Michael RubinJuly 6, 2026

Ukraine War

Ukraine Just Smashed Russia’s Fighter Jet Hangars in Crimea — and the Losses Could Run Into the Hundreds of Millions of Dollars

Ukrainian drones attached and hit fighter hangars at two Crimean air bases — and Kyiv says the aircraft losses run into the hundreds of...

Reuben JohnsonJuly 5, 2026

Ukraine Cruise Missile Ministry of Defense Photo

Ukraine War

Ukraine ‘Winning’ the War Against Russia Could Mean a Nuclear War

Western media is celebrating Ukraine's burning-refinery strikes as proof the war has turned. This contrarian analysis urges caution: we heard the same after "Russia's...

Ted Galen CarpenterJuly 3, 2026

Swedish soldiers with the Wartofta Tank Company, Skaraborg Regiment in a Stridsvagn 122 main battle tank conduct the defensive operations lane during the Strong Europe Tank Challenge, June 7, 2018. U.S. Army Europe and the German Army co-host the third Strong Europe Tank Challenge at Grafenwoehr Training Area, June 3 - 8, 2018. The Strong Europe Tank Challenge is an annual training event designed to give participating nations a dynamic, productive and fun environment in which to foster military partnerships, form Soldier-level relationships, and share tactics, techniques and procedures. (U.S. Army photo by Gertrud Zach)

Ukraine War

NATO Needs Ukraine More Than Ukraine Needs NATO

Fresh off a week on Ukraine's front lines, analyst Michael Rubin makes a provocative case ahead of the NATO summit: the alliance now needs...

Michael RubinJuly 3, 2026

Ukraine War

Ukraine War Has Killed or Wounded 2 Million People — Russia’s Dead Outnumber Every U.S. War Loss Since WWII Combined, Four Times Over

The numbers in a new CSIS study are almost too large to grasp: over 2 million casualties, 450,000 Russians dead — more than four...

Brent M. EastwoodJuly 2, 2026

Putin in August 2021 Russian Federation Photo

Ukraine War

Putin Just Ordered His Generals to Draw Up a Plan to Take Kyiv — and Ukraine’s Top Commander Explained Why It Won’t Happen

Ukraine's commander-in-chief says Putin has ordered his General Staff to draw up options for a new offensive — one launched from Belarus, aimed at...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 1, 2026

President Donald J. Trump holds a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)

Dollars and Sense

Everyone’s Watching the Strait of Hormuz for Oil: The Bigger Threat Moving Through It Is the One That Ends Up on Your Grocery Bill

Everyone is watching the Strait of Hormuz for oil. The bigger threat moving through it feeds the world: the natural gas and sulfur behind...

Brandon WeichertJuly 1, 2026

Putin Speaking to Large Crowd in 2019 Russian Federation Photo

Ukraine War

Putin Thought Admitting the Fuel Crisis Would Shrink the Story: Instead He Revealed the Trap Ukraine Has Quietly Built Around Him

When Putin admitted Russia's fuel shortages, he meant to look like a state in control. Instead he confirmed what Ukraine has quietly engineered: not...

Andrew LathamJune 30, 2026

Putin in June 2020 Russian Federation Photo

The Treaty

Putin Spent Four Years Projecting Confidence: His Admission This Weekend Was the First Real Crack in the Armor

For four years Putin projected nothing but confidence. This weekend that cracked: he admitted Russia faces a fuel deficit as Ukrainian drones torched yet...

Harrison KassJune 29, 2026

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Ukraine War

Putin May Try to Send NATO Leaders Home ‘in Body Bags’: Why the Ankara Summit Could Be Too Tempting a Target for the Kremlin

Ukraine War

Ukraine Just Smashed Russia’s Fighter Jet Hangars in Crimea — and the Losses Could Run Into the Hundreds of Millions of Dollars

Ukraine War

Ukraine ‘Winning’ the War Against Russia Could Mean a Nuclear War

Ukraine War

NATO Needs Ukraine More Than Ukraine Needs NATO

Ukraine War

Ukraine War Has Killed or Wounded 2 Million People — Russia’s Dead Outnumber Every U.S. War Loss Since WWII Combined, Four Times Over

Ukraine War

Putin Just Ordered His Generals to Draw Up a Plan to Take Kyiv — and Ukraine’s Top Commander Explained Why It Won’t Happen

Dollars and Sense

Everyone’s Watching the Strait of Hormuz for Oil: The Bigger Threat Moving Through It Is the One That Ends Up on Your Grocery Bill

Ukraine War

Putin Thought Admitting the Fuel Crisis Would Shrink the Story: Instead He Revealed the Trap Ukraine Has Quietly Built Around Him

The Treaty

Putin Spent Four Years Projecting Confidence: His Admission This Weekend Was the First Real Crack in the Armor

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