As threats mount in the Strait of Hormuz and oil markets react, former Iran intelligence chief Norm Roule breaks down the military, economic and strategic risks ahead ...
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We're being nice. I [President Trump] could take out [Iran’s] things within the next hour, we could hang up [this telephone interview] and within one hour you’d be reading about [the U.S. military] ...
How Churchill and de Gaulle Saved Their Nations and Transformed the WorldBy Richard Vinen / Simon & SchusterReviewed by: Jean-Thomas NicoleThe Reviewer Jean-Thomas Nicole is a Policy Advisor with ...
Two weeks ago, in the first hours of the war, I listed several possible scenarios for the outcome. No one can confidently know where this is going for all the reasons I listed then -- as the war has ...
Russia’s tightly controlled system makes a popular uprising unlikely—but succession inside the Kremlin may still reshape the ...
A rare public statement from the People’s Liberation Army offers clues about how China views American power—and future ...
The February snow was over a week old but still piled heavy on the roads and sidewalks of Independence Avenue, the kind of stubborn Washington winter that refuses to yield to DC’s imperium, turning ...
I’m always reluctant to comment on current events, as it feels a bit like being an armchair quarterback, but I have been asked about different parts of the ongoing conflict as people are trying to get ...
Douglas Davis, MD, PhD, is affiliated with the Office of Global Health Liaison in the Department of Radiology at the Medical ...
Bryan Pickens is a security contractor and tactical advisor with a background in elite U.S. military units, including service as a Green Beret in the U.S. Army Special Forces and as a Ranger with the ...