Two oil tankers were hit by unknown munitions in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday night. A UK maritime shipping agency reported that a Saudi and a South Korean oil tanker were struck by projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz. Both vessels were hit while attempting to use...
The European Union’s foreign policy chief said a meeting of the bloc’s defense ministers did not result in progress towards a weapons transfer to Ukraine that included Patriot missiles. “There were calls and talks about these missiles but there was, unfortunately, no...
A Cuban official said that there are no ongoing negotiations with the US. President Donald Trump has threatened to conduct a regime change in Havana after the US concludes its war against Iran. “The channel for dialogue is at a complete standstill,” Lianys Torres...
“Economic war” sounds like a tidy solution until you look at what it actually does and what it rarely accomplishes. We sit down with Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski to pressure-test the latest U.S. messaging on Iran, from claims that sanctions will prevent a nuclear...
A US senator gets a basic Taiwan and South China Sea question and freezes, defaulting to “I support the military.” That clip sets the tone for a hard look at how casually America treats foreign policy competence while Congress keeps voting on war funding, alliances,...
September 1 is the anniversary of the start of World War II in Europe. On that date in 1939, Nazi Germany launched an invasion of Poland from the west and a few weeks later, the Soviet Union invaded from the east. Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin signed a non-aggression...
Over the years, we have seen numerous examples of how businesses benefit from war. Look no further than Lockheed Martin receiving $313 billion and Raytheon $145 billion between 2020–2024 from Pentagon contracts. We’ve also seen unusual trading before wars start, with...
The fastest way to lose a war is to start one without an end state, and that’s the thread we pull from start to finish with Jim Webb. We get specific about what “no strategy” looks like in the real world: no clear objective, no believable measure of success, and no...
President Donald Trump posted that Iran is “officially a failed nation” and “dead.” “Iran is officially a Failed Nation. IT IS DEAD!” he wrote on Truth Social Monday. “They have no Navy, they have no Air Force, they have no currency, they are not paying their soldiers...
Top military command across multiple branches and commands warned that prolonged large-scale operations were unsustainable. The Washington Post spoke with multiple officials familiar with a bi-weekly assessment by top military officials on the status of the armed...
