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Ukraine war winter
Europe

2027: The Ukraine winter we prayed wouldn't come

Relentless Russian attacks and energy crisis, matched with depleting resources from abroad, demand that Trump make dramatic changes in approach to war now

Anduril co-founder Palmer Luckey
Military Industrial Complex

Palmer Luckey building submarines is not the craziest idea

A $7 billion deal is raising eyebrows, as is the Anduril CEO's relationship with Trump. But after so many shipbuilding failures, the DOD could do worse

benezel smotrich natcon
Washington Politics

NatCon 2026 in Israel: Coming home?

The annual confab, ostensibly launched for American conservatives in 2019, is in Jerusalem this week, largely focused on shoring up US support for the Jewish state

Zach Bryan Gaza
Washington Politics

Unlike Sheeran, Zach Bryan read the room and wore the right shirt

Pop artists are finding that it's a professional risk to be seen surrendering to the pressure of Israeli lobby on Gaza

Increase in Hormuz oil traffic is papering over a darker reality
Middle East

Increase in Hormuz oil traffic is papering over a darker reality

Experts say a closer look reveals increasing prices, exhausting reserves, and an unsustainable security situation because Iran is still attacking

Two Navy ships arrive at port in Okinawa, Japan, after service in Asia and the Middle East
Asia-Pacific

The case for pulling US military back from the first island chain

A carefully managed restructuring of our forces in East Asia would reduce tensions in the region and protect American interests