Barely four years after the Pretoria Agreement formally ended one of the deadliest wars of the twenty-first century, serious fighting has returned to northern Ethiopia. As we begin October, Tigrayan forces have seized the airports at Mekelle, Aksum, and Shire,...
On September 17, Julian Assange’s return to Twitter/X did not go unnoticed. With more than fifty-one million impressions, it becomes clear his and WikiLeaks’ impact is undeniable. Still, his journalism and WikiLeaks have not come without scrutiny. Former Republican...
A single phrase can change the whole global chessboard: nuclear first use. We start by reacting to speculation about a US nuclear strike in Iran and lay out why even “unlikely” decisions matter when escalation could pull in Russia, China, and every other nuclear-armed...
President Donald Trump downplayed the nuclear risk from North Korea in comments comparing the North Korean and Iranian nuclear programs. The President was asked by a reporter on Tuesday, "You have said that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. Why not... North Korea...
North Korea denied that it had planted landmines south of the Military Demarcation Line (MDL), leading to an explosion that injured three South Korean soldiers. The US-led United Nations Command (UNC) determined that an Armistice Agreement violation occurred, while...
Russia sent a document to NATO warning the alliance that Moscow could use nuclear weapons in response to an attempt to isolate the Russian exclave Kaliningrad. Reuters reported viewing the document on Wednesday. "Russia will be ready to use the entire arsenal of...
The USAF MQ-9A Reaper fleet is down to about 135 airframes — under half the 351 counted in FY2022 — and the production line is shut, Army Recognition reported from a 23 September CRS study. GA-ASI told CRS a restart would take two to three years. FY27 asks for no new...
On September 10, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky landed in Canada where he and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney signed a 100-year partnership “elevat[ing] the relationship between their countries into a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and confirming...
Populism trades long-term institutional stability for the short-term high of mob rule, eroding the rule of law to feed its own ego. By reducing complex social realities into a toxic divide of "us versus them," it turns democratic governance into a zero-sum war. When...
President Donald Trump said an Axios report claiming that he offered Iran sanctions relief in exchange for nuclear concessions is false. Axios journalist Barak Ravid reported that US officials told him the President had offered to lift sanctions and unfreeze Iranian...
