Eastern Europe
Ukraine, Russia, NATO posture, deterrence, and the wider security architecture of Eastern Europe.
236 Dispatches
Is Ukraine About to Suffer a Catastrophic Defeat?
Analysis of whether Ukraine faces a Kharkiv-style collapse as Russian forces advance post-Avdiivka, examining fortification gaps, manpower shortages, and
Avdiivka Has Fallen — Can Ukraine Still Win the War?
After nearly a decade of resistance, Avdiivka fell to Russian forces. What caused the collapse, what comes next, and what the West must do now.
Trump Could Abandon NATO: Could Europe Survive without America?
Analysis of Trump's threat to abandon NATO Article 5, Europe's military readiness, and whether the alliance could defend against Russia without US support.
Tucker Carlson's Putin Interview: A Chapter-by-Chapter Breakdown
A fact-focused walkthrough of Tucker Carlson's two-hour interview with Vladimir Putin, from NATO expansion to Nord Stream and the Minsk Agreements.
Attack of the Drones: How UAVs Are Reshaping Warfare
How cheap consumer quadcopters, Bayraktar and Shahed military drones, naval suicide boats, and unmanned ground vehicles are remaking the modern battlefield.
Russia's Heating Grid Collapse Unleashes Rare Discontent Amid War
Russia's aging heating grid is failing across dozens of regions in bitter cold, exposing decades of neglect and straining wartime morale as support
Should (and Could) Hungary Be Expelled From NATO?
Examining whether NATO can legally expel Hungary, how Viktor Orban's vetoes threaten Western unity, and what Budapest's ties to Russia and China mean for
Scorched-Earth Policy: The Art of Total Destruction in Warfare
Explore the history and devastating impact of scorched-earth warfare, from ancient Rome and Napoleon's Russia to modern conflicts in Ukraine and Myanmar.
Falling Russians, India's Balancing Act, and the Sahel's Shifting Alliances
Russia's wave of fatal high-rise falls, India's pivot between China and Washington, Mali courting the US, and Ghana's Bawku crisis under the JNIM shadow.
Russia's Other Private Armies: The PMC Legion Beyond Wagner
Beyond Wagner, Russia runs a sprawling network of private military companies—Redut, Patriot, Rusich, the Imperial Movement, and Gazprom's own battalions.
Ukraine's Manpower Crisis: Desertion, Conscription, and the Drone War Keeping Russia at Bay
Ukraine is short roughly 100,000 troops, yet Russia's costly summer offensive has stalled. How a drone-saturated killzone is masking Kyiv's deepest weakness.
Operation Unthinkable: Churchill's Secret Plan to Attack Stalin
How Churchill ordered a top-secret plan to attack the Soviet Union in 1945, the military calculus behind it, and why it was ultimately shelved.