Geopolitics

Sri Lanka’s investigation into the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings has finally turned to the country’s intelligence architecture. The arrest of a former spy chief forces a reckoning the island has avoided for seven years. The coordinated suicide bombings on April 21, 2019 killed 279 people across three churches and three luxury hotels. For years, the […]

A party holding a national convention in a non-presidential election year is unprecedented in modern American politics. That is precisely what Donald Trump announced on June 30, and the move reveals more about Republican nervousness than it does about confidence. The convention will take place September 9-10 in Dallas, Texas, roughly six weeks before the […]

Opinion: While Trump Bleeds, Democrats Forfeit the Fight Let us state the obvious, because the Democratic Party seems unwilling or unable to state it themselves. Donald Trump is politically exposed right now in a way he has not been since January 6, 2021. His approval ratings have been underwater for months. A majority of Americans, […]

The Constitution survived this crisis. On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Trump v. Barbara to strike down President Trump’s executive order attempting to end birthright citizenship. The constitutional holding was 5-4. Five justices found that the 14th Amendment itself guarantees citizenship to virtually everyone born on U.S. soil, while a sixth, Justice Kavanaugh, […]

How a $4,000 commercial drone has become one of the most lethal threats to one of the most advanced militaries on earth, and what that means for the Trump administration’s plan to end the Iran war. The Israeli military spends billions on fighter jets, missile defense systems, and intelligence networks that are the envy of […]

Putting a weapons factory on Russia’s doorstep is not about strategy. It is about sending a message. The Latvian government announced on June 29 that it would build a joint drone manufacturing facility with Ukraine in the Latgale region of eastern Latvia, less than 40 kilometers from the Russian border. Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs made […]

Poland has mastered the art of navigating Donald Trump’s Washington. The question is whether that mastery comes with an expiration date. WARSAW — Of all the capitals in Europe, one has figured out how to get what it wants from the Trump White House. It is not Berlin, Paris, or London. It is Warsaw, and […]

A small plane punching through the most controlled airspace in the world exposes the gap between the CCP’s promise of total security and the reality of a system that cannot protect itself from a single light aircraft. On the evening of June 26, a Sunward SA60L Aurora, a Chinese-made two-seat sport plane roughly the size […]

A new report by The Guardian concludes that China has emerged as the sole strategic winner from the Iran war, a conflict that has devastated the Middle East, strained American military resources, and sent shockwaves through the global energy system. While the United States, Europe, and regional powers have absorbed severe economic damage, Beijing’s strategic […]

Iran war supercharges global pivot to renewable energy The Iran war and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz drove oil prices to record levels. Dubai crude touched $166 a barrel in March. The economic pain was immediate and global. But something else happened alongside the crisis: countries that had been talking about transitioning to […]