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A Cultural Autopsy of the Soviet Legacy

Book Review: The Dark Side of the Earth: Russia’s Short-lived Victory over Totalitarianism By Mikhail Zygar, ScribnerThe Reviewer —Jean-Thomas Nicole [...] More

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A U.S. Navy Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) conducts training maneuvers off the coast of Punta Guilarte in Arroyo, Puerto Rico, on September 5, 2025

Global Intelligence Report for Wednesday, November 5, 2025

07:11 America/New_York Wednesday, November 5 [...] More

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (R) and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrsky (L) speak next to the first batch of Ukrainian made drone missiles "Peklo" (Hell) delivered to the Defence Forces of Ukraine in Kyiv on December 6, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Ukraine’s Long-Range War: How Drone & Missile Strikes Are Taking the Fight Deep Inside Russia

DEEP DIVE – By any traditional definition, the city of Ryazan doesn’t belong on a list of battlegrounds in the Ukraine war. There are no Ukrainian [...] More

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (R) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. Dan Caine (L) arrives to testify before the House Appropriations Committee's Defense Subcommittee at the U.S. Capitol on June 10, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Global Intelligence Report for Tuesday, November 4, 2025

07:22 America/New_York Tuesday, November 4 [...] More

The U.S. Role in a Multipolar World - and the Dangers of Isolationism

OPINION — “What should the U.S. role in the world be right now? We're waiting for the [Trump administration] National Security Strategy to come out [...] More

Countering the Kremlin’s Five Most Effective Narratives About Ukraine

EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — In the summer of 2008, as Russian tanks rolled toward the borders of Georgia, the battle had already begun—shaped decisively by [...] More

Ukrainian artillerymen of the 152nd Separate Grenadier Brigade operate on October 16, 2025 near Pokrovsk, Ukraine.

Global Intelligence Report for Sunday, November 2, 2025

10:28 America/New_York Sunday, November 2 [...] More

Putin’s Strategic Failure: How the Ukraine War Is Eroding Russia From Within

And there is one sure thing about the fall of gods: they do not fall a little; they crash and shatter or sink deeply into green muck.- John [...] More

 U.S. President Donald Trump walks with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung as they prepare to attend a bilateral lunch meeting at the Gyeongju National Museum on October 29, 2025 in Gyeongju, South Korea

Global Intelligence Report for Wednesday, October 29, 2025

07:20 America/New_York Wednesday, October 29 [...] More

Inside Zelensky’s “Mega-Drone Deal” with the U.S.

Inside Zelensky’s “Mega-Drone Deal” with the U.S.

DEEP DIVE – Often lost in the Trump administration's on-again, off-again offer to deliver Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine is the proposed deal that [...] More

Trump’s Next Test: Kim Jong Un’s Bid for Legitimacy and a Nuclear Normalization Deal

EXPERT OPINION — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is ready to do business with President Donald Trump. Over the past few years, Mr. Kim has burnished [...] More

Viktor Orban’s Russia Problem Is Becoming Hungary’s Disaster

OPINION — Hungary’s prime minister does not seem to grasp the gravity of the moment. His ally, Russia, is bleeding by a thousand cuts from Ukrainian [...] More

Checkmate, Comrade: Espionage, Surveillance, and the Quiet Rebellion over the Chess Board

BOOK REVIEW: Spy’s Mate, A NovelBy Brad Buchanan / Thinkers PublishingReviewed by: Jean-Thomas NicoleThe Reviewer — Jean-Thomas Nicole is a Policy [...] More