NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte’s warning couldn’t have been clearer: Estonia has perhaps five to seven years before Vladimir Putin sets his sights on the Baltic nation. What’s remarkable isn’t just the specificity of that timeline, but how seriously Estonia is taking it—transforming itself into what might be the most militarized small nation in Europe. The […]
John Bolton doesn’t mince words when it comes to Iran, and his recent appearance on CBS’s “The Takeout” offered a characteristically stark assessment of where things stand after the recent U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. What emerges from his analysis is a picture of a regime teetering on multiple fronts—economically, politically, and militarily. The […]
The Cracks in Xi’s Armor: Signs of a Power Struggle in Beijing Something strange is happening in the highest echelons of Chinese power, and it’s the kind of political drama that typically unfolds behind closed doors in Zhongnanhai. Xi Jinping, the man who has spent over a decade consolidating what seemed like unbreakable control over […]
There’s a reason military strategists lose sleep over the Taiwan Strait. Stretched across those hundred nautical miles of choppy water lies perhaps the most dangerous flashpoint on Earth—a place where geography, economics, and great power rivalry converge in ways that could drag the world into its bloodiest conflict since 1945. The stakes couldn’t be higher. […]
Deep in the outskirts of Beijing, something extraordinary is taking shape—a sprawling military command center that dwarfs every comparable facility on Earth. At 1,500 acres, this complex is ten times larger than the Pentagon, and frankly, its very existence should unsettle anyone paying attention to the shifting balance of global power. Beijing hasn’t officially announced […]
Tucker Carlson’s recent sit-down with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian offered a fascinating glimpse into the art of diplomatic double-speak, complete with some truly Olympic-level mental gymnastics around what “Death to America” actually means. According to Pezeshkian, those chants aren’t about wanting Americans dead—they’re protests against “crimes, killing and carnage” and “supporting instability.” Right. Because nothing […]
There’s a story about slavery that most of us learned in school, one that feels familiar and morally clear-cut. But like many simplified narratives, it obscures as much as it reveals. The truth is messier, more uncomfortable, and frankly, more important than the version we’ve been telling ourselves. Take the basic assumption that slavery grew […]
There’s something deeply unsettling about the B-2 Spirit bomber—not just its capacity for destruction, but the way it embodies our peculiar relationship with technology and warfare. At $2 billion per aircraft, it’s the most expensive warplane ever built, a flying testament to both human ingenuity and our willingness to spend astronomical sums on the machinery […]
The death of Roman Starovoit tells you everything you need to know about the suffocating atmosphere now pervading Putin’s inner circle. The former transport minister—who had also served as governor of the embattled Kursk region—was found dead just hours after being dismissed by Putin, in what authorities are calling an apparent suicide. It’s a grim […]
Something unsettling is happening in Russia, and it’s not just the obvious stuff—the battlefield losses or the sanctions. It’s the quiet desperation seeping into everyday life, the kind that makes people pull their own teeth rather than visit a dentist. According to reports from Izvestia, Russians are increasingly buying do-it-yourself dental kits, with advertisements for […]