The first time I met Vladimir, my Russian college roommate freshman year, we got to talking about politics and it turned out he was all for the free market, and in fact went on to join the college investment club. At that time Bill Weld was governor of Massachusetts...
A US president casually threatening to cut off trade with Spain is not normal “tough talk” it’s a signal flare for how unstable alliance management can get when policy is driven by impulse. We walk through Trump’s comments from the NATO summit and what a real break...
Just a day after announcing that the US would charge a 20% security fee for ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump reversed his decision under pressure from US allies. On Monday, Trump asserted that the Strait would remain open to non-Iranian...
President Donald Trump suggested Congress add Iran and Hezbollah to the bill that places massive sanctions on Russia. The legislation, authored by the late Lindsey Graham, has received renewed attention following the Senator’s death. In April 2025, Senator Graham...
A bloc of Kiev allies will hold war games in states that border Ukraine in preparation for deploying troops to the country once a ceasefire is reached with Russia. On Monday, the Coalition of the Willing - a bloc of countries that support Ukraine - met in Paris to...
Washington's yearly defense measure has ground to a halt, and one buried clause explains why a widening bloc of lawmakers wants the whole thing pried back open. Members voted down the procedural rule required to open debate on the Fiscal Year 2027 National Defense...
Last week, on the sidelines of the NATO summit, Volodymyr Zelensky repeated his demand that Ukraine be invited to join NATO, which was bold, considering that Ukraine’s president wasn’t even invited to the NATO summit. Zelensky attended a leaders dinner but was not...
Trump goes from ceasefire language to “it’s over” in a matter of hours, and the Strait of Hormuz becomes the pressure point again. Host Kyle Anzalone and guest LtCOL Karen Kwiatkowski walk through the reports of Iranian shots at transiting ships, the follow-on CENTCOM...
President Donald Trump announced that the US was reimposing a blockade of Iranian ports. He added that the US military will become the “guardians” of the Strait of Hormuz and charge ships a 20% protection fee. “The Hormuz Strait is OPEN, and will remain OPEN, with or...
Yemen said that Saudi Arabia bombed the airport in the capital city as a plane attempted to return from Iran. It is the second time this month that Sanaa reported Riyadh attempted to interfere with a plane returning to Yemen from Iran. On Monday, officials from the...
