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BREAKDOWN: The Kim-Putin Pact Turns Two — and It Is Reshaping the World at Our Expense
Analysis· No. 32

BREAKDOWN: The Kim-Putin Pact Turns Two — and It Is Reshaping the World at Our Expense

Two years after Putin and Kim Jong Un signed their mutual defense treaty in Pyongyang, what seemed like diplomatic theater has become an operational…

ESSAY: Japan–Philippines Maritime Security — The Quiet Alliance That Has Beijing Alarmed
Essay· No. 31

ESSAY: Japan–Philippines Maritime Security — The Quiet Alliance That Has Beijing Alarmed

Tokyo and Manila have been quietly building the most consequential security partnership in the Indo-Pacific. Beijing's furious reaction to routine EEZ negotiations just proved…

ANALYSIS: China's New 155mm Naval Gun — 200km Range, Built to Invade Taiwan
Analysis· No. 30

ANALYSIS: China's New 155mm Naval Gun — 200km Range, Built to Invade Taiwan

The PLAN is testing the heaviest naval artillery system mounted on a modern warship. At 21.8 tons, with a claimed 200km range and stealth…

ANALYSIS: Ukraine-Germany, the Anti-Ballistic Forge and TerMIT Robots Are Changing the War
Analysis· No. 27

ANALYSIS: Ukraine-Germany, the Anti-Ballistic Forge and TerMIT Robots Are Changing the War

On June 18, 2026, in Brussels, Ukraine and Germany signed two agreements: jointly developing a new anti-ballistic system and co-producing TerMIT ground robots in…

ANALYSIS: Trump Rearming America by Decree — The Munitions Crisis Strikes at NATO's Core
Analysis· No. 25

ANALYSIS: Trump Rearming America by Decree — The Munitions Crisis Strikes at NATO's Core

On June 11, 2026, Donald Trump signed Presidential Determination No. 2026-15, invoking Section 708 of the Defense Production Act of 1950. Published in the…

BREAKDOWN: Trump confirms the Ankara NATO summit (July 7–8): "We will be going to Turkey"
Analysis· No. 23

BREAKDOWN: Trump confirms the Ankara NATO summit (July 7–8): "We will be going to Turkey"

Seven words from Joint Base Andrews, delivered almost as an aside — and a geopolitical earthquake follows. Trump is going to Ankara. The 36th…

ANALYSIS: The Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump's IEEPA Tariffs — and the West Holds Its Breath
Analysis· No. 11

ANALYSIS: The Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump's IEEPA Tariffs — and the West Holds Its Breath

On February 20, 2026, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the president had no authority to impose sweeping tariffs under an emergency law not…

ANALYSIS: Around Kyiv, the West Finally Builds a Wall of Shields and Promises
Analysis· No. 10

ANALYSIS: Around Kyiv, the West Finally Builds a Wall of Shields and Promises

In a single week of June 2026, the West made more concrete commitments to Ukraine than in months of hesitation. G7 summit, NATO meetings,…

ANALYSIS: Xi Changes Tactics — Fewer Jets Near Taiwan, More Diplomatic and Maritime Strangulation
Analysis· No. 4

ANALYSIS: Xi Changes Tactics — Fewer Jets Near Taiwan, More Diplomatic and Maritime Strangulation

The warplane count fell by half, but the pressure on Taiwan has never been more systematic. Xi Jinping abandoned visible provocations for an invisible…

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