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NARRATIVE: The $14 billion on hold — how Trump turned Taiwan's weapons into a bargaining chip
Fourteen billion dollars in weapons turned into a "bargaining chip." If anyone still doubts how Trump conceives of alliances, that phrase should be enough…
ANALYSIS: The 2026 Russian offensive — 16 times slower, 19 times more costly per kilometer conquered
You can debate the ISW methodology's margins of error. You cannot reasonably claim that going from 16 km² per day to 1 km² per…
FACT-CHECK: The Ukrainian strike on Rubin — what is proven, what is overstated
There is a necessary discipline when covering military strikes of this nature: begin with what is visible and confirmed, not with what is most…
DECODING: Putin Rejects Peace — and Explains Why He Cannot Accept It
When a head of state calls his adversary's government a "regime," he is not just playing with semantics. He is signaling that he does…
ANALYSIS: 259 Engagements in 24 Hours — the Ukrainian Front on the Edge of Endurance
I keep looking for words that match what 259 engagements in a day actually means. I can't find them. It's one of those numbers…
FACT-CHECK: Did the DIU Ghosts Unit Really Disrupt Russian Logistics in Crimea?
It is difficult to fact-check a military strike in occupied territory. Sources are by nature limited, partial, or subject to security imperatives. What I…
INVESTIGATION: AI Defense Center A1 — Ukraine Places Artificial Intelligence Inside the Kill Chain
What the A1 Center does is the military equivalent of a Silicon Valley startup: short cycles, rapid iteration, obsession with the real problem of…
DECODING: Izhevsk at 1,300 km — Ukrainian Drones Strike the Kupol Plant in the Heart of Russia
On the morning of July 1, 2026, long-range drones developed by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) struck the Kupol plant, located
ANALYSIS: Russia's Zircon Is Not Hypersonic — It Is Quasi-Ballistic, and That Changes Everything
For several years, Vladimir Putin's regime has made the Zircon missile one of its preferred deterrence arguments. A hypersonic missile, it claimed