Poland also contributed in terms of spending more on defense, by spending 4.5 percent of GDP on defense. The goal is five percent, which will take a few more years to achieve. Poland is spending ...

Since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, foreign workers have stopped entering Russia or left because so many of them were coerced into the Russian army to die in Ukraine. All this led to a crippling labor ...

While many Chinese officers were found to be corrupt and incompetent, there were exceptions, but not enough to command the number of operable ships, heavy weapons, and aircraft available. Corruption ...

The Ottoman Siege of Malta. Clashing civilizations, rival great powers, cutting-edge technology: we have been here before, as Marcus Bull, a professor at the University of North C ...

In response to the Russian partisan attacks, the Russian army deployed over 30,000 soldiers in border areas where the partisans, both Russian and Ukrainian, were operating. The partisans were numerous ...

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There are also a large number of volunteers serving as support personnel or assisting the Ukrainians to rebuild as well as helping Ukrainian civilians made homeless by the fighting. Many of these ...

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North Korea has extended the service obligation for new recruits from eight to ten years for men and from five to seven years for women. This change is imperative because North Korea is running out of ...

China has followed the American example and developed an extra-large underwater drone or XLUUV. The Chinese version apparently carries four torpedoes or eight mines and is automated, with no crew on ...

Western nations, which control most of the global economic activity, long believed that economic sanctions could force Russia to halt its aggression in Ukraine. These were first implemented in 2014 ...