In 2025, hard facts say Russia is The Sick Man of Eurasia -- ripe for exploitation by actors making calculating arrangements. President Donald Trump should tag Vladimir Putin with the Eurasian Sick ...

The last war that U.S. forces were involved with ended in 2021. That was after American forces had spent two decades seeking to pacify Afghanistan. In 2017 most American forces left Iraq, leaving ...

July 1, 2025: On January 20 th , The Houthi militia in Yemen halted their attacks on American commercial ships headed for the Suez Canal. Those attacks resumed after the June 13 th -14 th Israeli ...

Israel was also eager to rearrange their border with Syria to increase security. The Israelis didn’t want to negotiate and were willing to fight for what they needed. Israel quickly moved into 460 ...

German investigators found evidence of multiple Russian sabotage attacks and efforts to disrupt the flow of NATO supplies to Ukraine. Three Russian citizens of Germany were arrested who were caught ...

by Austin Bay July 2, 2025 Trump administration "transactional diplomacy" envoys definitely tackle the tough wars -- but this time, the process has produced a bona fide peace deal. The Democratic ...

Poland also contributed in terms of spending more on defense, by spending 4.5 percent of GDP on defense. The goal is five percent, which will take a few more years to achieve. Poland is spending ...

July 4, 2025: Twenty-one years ago, China commissioned the first of 82 Type 22 Fast Attack Missile Boats (FAMBs). These catamaran-type craft displace 200 tons empty and 220 tons fully loaded, carrying ...

July 2, 2025: Russia has accelerating problems with labor shortages and millions of Russians working in the untaxed and unregulated informal economy. There are multiple reasons for these problems.

The latest one, in April, occurred 80 kilometers east of Moscow at the Grau ammunition depot. More than a square kilometer was scorched by the explosions, destroying 105,000 tons of munitions. Some ...