For years the West has debated the Ukraine war in terms of limits: containment, off-ramps, appeasement, “not losing.” What will have...

From Colbert to Kimmel, from the CDC to ICE, from Voice of America to universities and every institution in between, the Trump 2.0...

The suspension of Jimmy Kimmel and the circumstances surrounding Stephen Colbert are not isolated scandals. They are bellwethers of what...

Power politics at this stage of the war must be read not through diplomatic euphemism but through the primal logic of the schoolyard. The...

The images from Windsor Castle are unambiguous: King Charles III and Queen Camilla, surrounded by ceremony and military honors, chose to...

For years the public has been told to “wait for the Epstein client list.” We must now treat that that day as not coming. The Department...

War is not a test of virtue or a rite of passage; it is an industrialized ruin of bodies, homes, and futures. Anyone who sells a romantic...

The Epstein file is not simply a liability for President Trump—it is also his core strategic asset. Its utility is not in release, but in...

The task of analytic courage is to predict the future, and to do so in a way that is precise enough to be falsifiable. The framework I...

Alexander S. Vindman’s Bluesky post and linked essay converge with my analytic frame. He does not assert “asset” language, but his...

I have argued that egregious acts from agencies like ICE under Trump 2.0 were never about law enforcement. They were a prototype for...

Paul Warburg dismantles the myth of Russian invincibility , specifically the idea that the Russian population will endure infinite...

The claim that “these are ineffable times” is a lie of convenience. It disguises uncertainty, confusion, or ignorance as some mystical...

Vlad Vexler’s latest intervention is characteristically sharp . He isolates the danger of Musk’s statement at the Robinson...

President Trump’s Truth Social “letter” to NATO leaders over sanctions and tariffs is not policy—it is sabotage disguised as leadership....

William Spaniel’s analysis of Eastern Sentry is emblematic of his broader style: careful enumeration of facts, timelines, and tactical...

The crisis of men is not the result of organic cultural drift, nor is toxic masculinity simply a product that happens to “sell.” It is a...

Vxler is right, there is a crisis here. But the crisis of men is not fundamentally about identity or cultural scripts; it is about...

Poland today stands at the epicenter of a corrosive paradox in European security: while attempting to defend itself and demonstrate...

When the news first broke of Charlie Kirk’s murder, President Trump was visibly giddy. He immediately saw an opportunity: a loyalist...