Most observers evaluating the Russian invasion of Ukraine remain perplexed that, as some have assessed, the...
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Macron Sails to Victory on Slowing Momentum
As expected, incumbent French President Emmanuel Macron sailed to a firm victory against Marine Le Pen in the...
Kim Jong-un Flexing Missile Muscle Again
China and North Korea remain the two major Indo-Pacific threats in the 2022 National Defense Strategy fact sheet....
Putin’s No-Plan Plan … Again?
Examining the invasion of Ukraine – or "Special Operation," as Russia's President Vladimir Putin calls it – one...
Unpacking the Putin – Xi Agreement
February 4, 2022, President Vladimir Putin and China's President Xi Jinping issued the "Joint Statement of the...
Is Putin Using Chemical Weapons, and Would It Surprise Anyone?
Are the Russians using chemicals in Ukraine? As more reports come in from the battle frontlines, the question...
Putin Reshuffles the Deck In Face of Ukrainian Opposition
All is not coming up roses for Russian military leadership. The command structure that began the murderous...
China Cools on Russia as NATO Offers Ukraine Bigger Guns
Following a Russian withdrawal from the Kyiv area, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg recently announced...
Asymmetric Warfare Turning Tide of Combat in Ukraine
What is “asymmetric warfare,” you ask? Put simply, it is a conflict in which a demonstrably less powerful country...