There are not many air raids or even battles that have a strategic effect. The Ukrainian strike on Russian air bases, some thousands of miles from Ukraine, may have been one. The Russian raid on Kyiv was a paltry response…
President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social earlier this week that Russian President Vladimir Putin is “playing with fire” by refusing to accept American negotiations and instead proceeding with aerial assaults on Ukraine. In response to Trump’s denunciation of Russian…
Donald Trump recently called Vladimir Putin crazy after a massive Russian aerial attack on Ukraine. Trump has made repeated attempts to approach Putin as a rational actor that he can deal with. Putin has ignored these overtures and has consistently…
Russia is positioning forces for a major spring offensive all along Ukraine’s front line, which may last well into the summer, according to many analysts. Putin wants to fully control at least three of Ukraine’s four eastern regions prior to…
The Arctic wind carries more than chill — it whispers opportunity. Greenland’s parliamentary election on March 11, 2025, delivered a stunning upset: the pro-business Democrats, led by Jens-Frederik Nielsen, claimed 29.9 percent of the vote, toppling the left-leaning Inuit Ataqatigiit…
In the early 1970s, China was supplying significant military, financial, and logistical assistance to North Vietnam in its war against the United States. China was helping North Vietnamese troops kill American soldiers. Domestically, China was still in the throes of…
Germany’s election is underway, and the country’s differing political parties and leaders continue their fight to gain the Chancellor position. (READ MORE: How Does an Entire Continent Fail?) In this episode of The Spectacle Podcast, Melissa Mackenzie and Scott McKay explain the issues involved in…
While American and Russian diplomats prepare peace talks, the war grinds on in Ukraine. At last week’s security conference in Munich, U.S. defense secretary Peter Hegseth said that negotiations have to be based on “the realities on the ground.” These…
This has obviously been a bad week for Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy and for his country. I fear, however, that it’s proving to be an equally bad week for Donald Trump and for U.S. national security policy. Someone should be taking…
