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692 Dispatches
Did China Help Pakistan Fight India in the 2025 Conflict?
India accuses China of feeding live intelligence to Pakistan in the 2025 clash. What the allegations mean for a hardening Beijing-New Delhi rivalry.
Why Russia, China, and North Korea Abandoned Iran
When Israel and America bombed Iran, the Axis of Upheaval did nothing. Here is why Russia, China, and North Korea left their partner to fight alone.
America's New Approach to Air Supremacy: The USAF's Networked Bet
How the US Air Force is trading stealth-above-all for a networked force of data hubs, missile trucks, and modular fighters built for great-power war.
America Has Bombed Iran: The Strikes, the Targets, and What Matters Now
U.S. B-2 bombers and submarines struck three Iranian nuclear sites on June 22, 2025. Here is what the attack hit, what it likely achieved, and what comes next.
Lessons from Ukraine's Failed 2023 Counteroffensive
Why Ukraine's much-hyped 2023 summer counteroffensive failed — undertrained brigades, missing breaching gear, lost surprise, and Western dithering, per RUSI.
Why the UAE Is Fueling Sudan's Apocalyptic Civil War
How Abu Dhabi's weapons, money, and influence have kept Sudan's Rapid Support Forces fighting, and the murky motives behind the intervention.
The Firebombing of Tokyo: The Deadliest Air Raid in History
How Operation Meetinghouse killed more than the atomic bombs combined, and why the firestorm that flattened a quarter of Tokyo was nearly forgotten.
India vs Pakistan: Four Wars, a Nuclear Standoff, and a Cycle of Terror
How partition in 1947 set India and Pakistan on a path of four wars, cross-border terrorism, and a nuclear standoff that still defines South Asia.
Myanmar's Unwinnable Civil War: Stalemate, Drones, and China's Long Game
After five years of war, Myanmar's junta cannot reconquer the country and the rebels cannot topple it. Here is why the conflict has become unwinnable.
Is the British Military Ready for a Major War?
An analysis of Britain's defence readiness, where manpower shortages, procurement failures, and ageing equipment leave the UK's tier-one status in question.
Vladimir Putin: The Making of a Modern Warlord
From a battered Leningrad courtyard to the Kremlin, the full arc of how Vladimir Putin built and consolidated absolute power over Russia.
South Korea: The Disruptor Reshaping the Global Balance of Power
How South Korea's arms-export boom, deepening US and Japan ties, and surging defense industry are turning a peninsula state into a global power broker.