Europe
Inflating Russian missile costs hides our own weapons crisis
The narrative that Moscow's war is 'unsustainable' deflects from real production and performance problems in American arms to Ukraine
October 27, 2025
defense spending
Military Industrial Complex
Is nationalizing the defense industry such a bad idea?
Removing the profit motive that has allowed private interests to abuse, corrupt, and metastasize the system might be a way forward — if done right.
August 27, 2025
QiOSK
Diplomacy Watch: Did Israel’s war on Iran help Russia?
Moscow stands to gain from the West redirecting attention and resources from Ukraine to the Middle East
June 27, 2025
Asia-Pacific
Pushing East Asia to hike defense could boomerang on Wall Street
Spending increases on the scale the admin is pressing for could push up US bond yields further, hurting American markets, and allies too
June 12, 2025
Europe
Polish elections: One place where the war isn't splitting voters
The two top candidates don't agree on much but both support more defense spending to challenge what they see as Russia's ever-looming threat
May 16, 2025
Europe
European rearmament: Shuffling fake money around a monopoly board?
As the EU looks to rebuild its defensive capacities, cash for the undertaking remains elusive
April 11, 2025
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