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July 14, 2025 | |

Trump Threatens Severe Tariffs on Russia as U.S. Agrees To Make Critical Weapons Available to Ukraine Through NATO Allies

Trump Confronts Putin With Deadline: President Donald Trump gave Russian President Vladimir Putin 50 days to end the war in Ukraine or else face “very severe” secondary tariffs...

July 2, 2025 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, John Hardie

Trump can’t let Pentagon meddlers derail ‘peace through strength’ for Ukraine

In a major policy reversal, the Pentagon has halted shipments of key munitions Ukraine needs to defend against Russia’s unprovoked aggression — a startling decision that runs counter to President...

July 2, 2025 | Bradley Bowman, Sinan Ciddi

S-400s or not, don’t give Turkey the F-35

Thomas Barrack, the US ambassador to Turkey, suggested on Sunday that the impasse with Washington over Ankara’s procurement of the Russian S-400 air and missile defense system could be resolved...

June 24, 2025 | |

‘Even Ambulances Cannot Keep Up’: Russia Launches Deadly Attack on Ukraine, Killing and Wounding Civilians

Children Among Dead in Russian Strikes on Ukraine: Dozens of people were killed during Russian airstrikes in Ukraine, including a five-year-old boy and an 11-year-old girl. According...

June 14, 2025 | John Hardie |

Ukrainian intelligence details Russia’s new V2U autonomous loitering munition

Russia has developed a new loitering munition called the V2U that, according to Ukrainian reports, can use AI to navigate and strike targets and may have a swarm capability. If these reports are true,...

June 3, 2025 | Ivana Stradner |

Russia Accuses Serbia of Betrayal

Despite the traditional rhetoric of Slavic brothers united in common cause, Serbia continues to look out for its own interest, knowing Moscow is willing to sacrifice the Serbs.

May 23, 2025 | Ivana Stradner |

Stalin Lives, Truth Dies: Putin Weaponizes History

As statues of Stalin s return to Russia, Putin is rewriting Soviet history to legitimize his war in Ukraine. Can satire expose the truth behind authoritarian mythmaking?

May 9, 2025 | John Hardie |

Ukraine’s reintroduction of corps gathers steam

The Ukrainian military has recently unveiled several new army corps. The development is part of an ongoing reform in which Kyiv plans to replace problematic temporary command bodies with a host of permanent...

May 4, 2025 | Ivana Stradner, Marina Chernin

Serbian and Russian Orthodox Churches Unite Against West

As part of Russia’s plan to undermine cohesion in Europe, it hopes to pull Serbia away from its path toward the EU by emphasizing traditional Orthodox ties.

April 18, 2025 | John Hardie |

Yes, step up the pace on Ukraine peace — with fresh consequences if Putin resists

If the Ukraine peace talks don’t show real promise “within a matter of days,” Washington will “move on” to other priorities, Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared, following talks with...

March 26, 2025 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Annie Fixler, Joe Dougherty

CSC 2.0 Report on Military Mobility

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March 26, 2025 | Clifford D. May |

Obama and Biden’s failed Russia policies

The last thing Trump should do is adopt them

January 31, 2025 | John Hardie |

North Korean troops pull back in Kursk as Pyongyang prepares fresh deployment, officials say

North Korean (DPRK) forces fighting in Russia’s Kursk region “have been pulled off the front lines after suffering heavy casualties,” though their absence may only be temporary, The New York...

January 27, 2025 | John Hardie, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Bradley Bowman, Joe Dougherty

The leverage Trump needs when talking with Putin

January 26, 2025 | Seth J. Frantzman |

The strategic Tishrin Dam has become a flashpoint in post-Assad Syria

The Tishrin Dam on the Euphrates River in Syria has become a key point of conflict in the country’s post-Assad era. Since the fall of dictator Bashar al Assad’s regime on December 8, the dam has been...

January 7, 2025 | Peter Doran |

Vladimir Putin’s wobbly empire gives US a path to stifle Russia’s threats

This week marked 25 years of Vladimir Putin’s rule, a milestone the Russian dictator celebrated in a televised address. Boasting of past achievements, he assured Russians, “We can...

January 7, 2025 | Bill Roggio |

U.S. continues to target the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria

The US launched a series of strikes against the Islamic State’s (IS) network in Iraq and Syria over the past week. The operations are part of the US military’s continuing effort to degrade the Islamic...

December 14, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Turkey moves to isolate the Kurds in Syria, and prepares a way for new attacks

The main group in Ankara's cross-hairs is the Syrian Democratic Forces, or SDF, which was formed in 2015 with US backing.

December 5, 2024 | Orde Kittrie, David Adesnik, Richard Goldberg, Elizabeth Robbins

What’s being missed? Amnesty International, ICC, UN, and Israel

November 20, 2024 | George Bogden, David Rader

Out with the old in the Old World: How Trump can usher in Eastern Europe’s moment

“In times of rapid change,” remarked industrialist J. Paul Getty, “experience could be your worst enemy.” For those in Washington, Brussels, and Berlin who are panicking about what a second...