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As sea temperatures and geopolitical tensions simultaneously heat up, Greenland’s strategic importance increases. Against ...
When journalists or policy experts fretfully discuss arms racing and military buildups in the Indo-Pacific, they tend to focus on Northeast Asian ...
Prediction markets have proven remarkably effective at aggregating dispersed information across many domains. From technology ...
Even after Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was captured, U.S. nationals may still be prosecuted under international law ...
China’s newly released 15th Five-Year Plan (2026–2030) proposal, unveiled after the Fourth Party Plenum in October 2025, not ...
In late December, a new wave of protests broke out in Iran — eventually spreading around the country and across many sectors ...
It’s early days, but the Trump administration’s approach to a post-President Nicolás Maduro Venezuela is quickly coming into ...
On Apr. 7, 1945, aircraft from the U.S. Navy’s fast carrier task force sank the largest battleship ever built, the Imperial ...
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Many strategists, myself included, believe that unmanned surface vessels could be part of an approach to help the U.S. Navy maintain an edge over its ...
A targeting screen fills with structures, heat signatures, and a rapidly closing window. Aircraft have only minutes of fuel ...