Conflicts & Crises
Current and recent conflicts, escalation risks, and battlefield updates.
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A New Myanmar Is Emerging: How a Stalemated Civil War Became a Victory for Beijing
After five years of war, Myanmar's rebellion is fracturing, the Tatmadaw is regaining ground, and the only real winner sits across the border in China.
Pakistan Besieged: How the Balochistan Insurgency and Afghan War Are Converging at Once
Pakistan faces a hardened Baloch insurgency, an undeclared war with Afghanistan, the TTP, and IMF dependency—all at the same time, with no clean exit.
Has Israel Bitten Off More Than It Can Chew? The Strain of a Seven-Front War
Israel's near-continuous war across seven fronts is exposing manpower shortages, interceptor depletion, and a coalition collapse over the draft and settler violence.
Iran's Sleeper Cells Weren't Real. The Alternative Is Worse.
Iran's threatened sleeper cells never materialized during the Iran War. What emerged instead was a gig-economy sabotage campaign that's harder to stop.
Will the RSF Defections End the War in Sudan?
As founding RSF commanders defect to Sudan's army with men, weapons, and intelligence, the SAF gains its best chance to break the stalemate — at a steep moral cost.
Cuba at Zero Day: How a Fuel Collapse Became Washington's Next Regime-Change Gamble
Cuba has run out of fuel as the US tightens a post-Maduro squeeze, indicts Raúl Castro, and courts his grandson for a negotiated transition.
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The Six Day War: The Conflict That Shaped the Modern Middle East
How Israel tripled its territory in six days during the 1967 war against Egypt, Syria, and Jordan — and reshaped Middle Eastern geopolitics for decades.
The Annihilation of Carthage: The Devastation of Rome's Greatest Enemy
How Rome destroyed Carthage in the Third Punic War, ending a century-long rivalry with a three-year siege and the near-total extermination of the Punic
The Congo Wars: Africa's World War and Its Devastating Legacy
How the First and Second Congo Wars pulled nine nations into Africa's deadliest conflict, killing over 5 million people and reshaping Central Africa.
Battle of the Somme: A Million Men for a Few Miles
How the 1916 Battle of the Somme became WW1's bloodiest campaign — over a million casualties for a frontline shift of just 6 to 10 miles.
The Paraguayan War: South America's Most Devastating Conflict
How the War of the Triple Alliance killed 60% of Paraguay's population, reshaped borders, and became the bloodiest war in South American history.
2014 Ukraine Crisis: The Real Beginning of the War with Russia
How Russia's war in Ukraine truly began in 2014 — from revolution and Crimea's annexation to separatist battles, a downed airliner, and the Minsk