This is largely because the 1950-53 Korean War lies and deceptions linger longer because China and North Korea want it that way. Yet China and North Korea remain intertwined. For example, in 2005 ...

April 17, 2025: NATO countries closer to Russia spend more on defense because they are aware of the threat. That’s why these countries also spend higher percentages of GDP in aid to Ukraine. Estonia, ...

There was a similar fear in Norway, which also has land borders with Russia, and Sweden which doesn’t but feels itself too close to Russia. That makes the forlorn fourteen the scared seventeen. All ...

Afghanistan released U.S. citizen Faye Hall in March, after being held prisoner by the Taliban since February. The Taliban said Hall was ...

Russia continues to have problems with local or foreign hackers committing major crimes. For the last three years there have been massive thefts of billions of dollars from financial institutions and ...

Chechen efforts to create new MSDs in the region appear to be succeeding. Kadyrov uses some brutally effective methods. Any groups that oppose him are largely eliminated as Kadyrov arranges to have ...

April 15, 2025: On February 12th the aircraft carrier Truman (CVN-75) received a small gash in its hull and damage to its right side aircraft elevator when it collided with a merchant ships while ...

April 14, 2025: Vladimir Putin believes that one of the great tragedies of the 20th Century was the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Putin believes fixing this is his principal goal and that ...

April 14, 2025: Like most western militaries, Russia has become dependent on the use of missiles and drones instead of artillery and airstrikes. Ukraine reports that from late 2022 through late 2024 ...