Dollars and Sense
A deal in Geneva would end the war — not the lesson. For three months the world watched a fifth of its oil hang...
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Ukraine War
Putin called Crimea his "unsinkable aircraft carrier." As Russia's vacation season opens, the carrier rations gasoline — twenty liters a week, by prepaid coupon,...
The Treaty
The signing could come Sunday in Geneva. The fight is over what gets signed: Iran's leaked version concedes almost nothing — no new nuclear...
Dollars and Sense
"It's over for Iran," the White House declares — a claim nobody can verify. What's verifiable: the calm rests on three draining cushions —...
Dollars and Sense
Before the bombs, officials were already warning that parts of Tehran — ten million people — might someday need evacuating. The reservoirs hit 12...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Taking Kharg Island is the easy part — helicopters and Ospreys could do it. Holding it is the trap, one professor warns, and a...
Dollars and Sense
The secret tanker operation is real — 200 ships, 100 million barrels, by the president's own count. Now do the division: about 3.3 million...
The Treaty
Iran's state media kept score: thirty-eight times, a deal was declared imminent. But claim thirty-nine came with something the other thirty-eight didn't — a...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Washington's victory narrative on Iran is already taking shape — destroyed launchers, degraded capabilities, reopened lanes. One analyst's blunt read: it's an intermission. What...