The Ukrainian experience using naval drones to defeat the Russian Black Sea Fleet was unique. Ukraine had only surface-to-ship missiles when the war started, but eventually shifted to three new naval ...

August 20, 2025: Many pundits assert that Russia maintains the initiative in Ukraine and is poised for victory. One American university professor insisted that the United States, the West, and Ukraine ...

Before the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991, the KGB was the most powerful organization in the country, operating as a law unto itself as long as it focused on keeping the Communist Party in power. When ...

The rest of Iran is mired in poverty. Public expressions of criticism or calls for economic relief are met by violent IRGC suppression of such heretical talk. It gets worse. Iran has long been the ...

Iranian-backed groups, such as the Houthis in Yemen, use Western cellphones to track merchant ships in the Red Sea by pinging them for their GPS locations. Even on warships, where communications are ...

China has been spying or collecting information about the United States since the early 1800s, when the first Chinese diplomatic mission was established. Since then, despite revolutions, civil war and ...

The U.S., Ukraine and the key European nations indicate that if a peace deal emerges, Ukraine will receive what is called "Article 5-like" security guarantees. What is that? Is it Article 5-Lite? The ...

August 26, 2025: Two months ago Ukraine launched a surprise drone attack on five Russian air bases located all over Russia. The farthest target was over 4,o00 kilometers from Ukraine. The three ...

August 18, 2025: The Russian economy and war effort in Ukraine is financed by oil and other energy exports. Russia is operating under severe economic sanctions imposed to reduce that income and ...

August 26, 2025: Two months ago, Ukraine once again demonstrated its ability to strike targets deep inside Russia and suffer no casualties while doing it. This was done using over a hundred drones ...