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The Pyongyang visit had one purpose: limiting China's exposure as North Korean troops fight in Europe. Lost among the flag-waving children and red-carpet welcome for Xi Jinping in Pyongyang last ...

When Ambassador Jean Kirkpatrick explained in 1984 that America's severest foreign policy critics "always blame America first" she identified a narrative that continues some four decades later ...

The expertise of the South Asian sub-region is robust, so the title of Worst Defence Acquisition System is in safe hands. But Britain's allies in a post-American world should worry that Blighty is ...

Throughout history, a siege usually ended in surrender only when the defenders ran out of food and water. Till then, it was more expensive for the attackers to get close to the fort walls. Something ...

This week, a divided D.C. Circuit panel issued a 2-1 ruling finding that the Pentagon's policy disqualifying individuals with gender dysphoria from military service likely violates equal protection ...

The fragile ceasefire that took hold in April 2026 after weeks of intense U.S. and Israeli strikes has already revealed its limits, further tested by the recent downing of a U.S. Apache helicopter ...

The $80 billion Canadian Patrol Submarine Project (CPSP) represents one of the most consequential defense procurement decisions in modern Canadian history. Driven by the impending retirement of the ...

In January 2025, a battalion commander conducting Arctic operations in subzero temperatures described the fundamental operational constraint this way: "Operational reach is a dynamic metric that ...

On May 28, Russian President Vladimar Putin visited the friendly neighboring country of Kazakhstan. The convoy that conveyed him through empty streets was extraordinary - 20 armored vehicles of ...

"Looksmaxxing isthe idea of maximizing physical attractiveness by any means in order to ascend." - Clavicular Yeah, I'm out there. I walk into boardrooms looking like Temu Sheldon ...