MOSCOW — For decades, the Omsk oil refinery in western Siberia stood as an untouchable titan of Russian industrial might. Located nearly 1,500 miles from the Ukrainian border, the sprawling...
SEVASTOPOL — For twelve years, Moscow marketed this sun-drenched Black Sea peninsula as “Russia Forever”—a sacred piece of imperial soil reclaimed without a drop of blood. But in the sweltering...
At 6:14 a.m. local time, the morning fog hanging over the pine forests of the Leningrad Oblast was shattered by a low, persistent buzz. Gliding just above the treetops was...
For decades, the standard playbook of American statecraft has operated on a foundational premise: that global stability requires a forward-deployed, highly offensive military posture capable of nipping threats in the...
ZAPORIZHZHIA FRONT — A profound and volatile shift in momentum is unfolding along the scorched front lines of Ukraine. After months of grinding, incremental advances by Russian forces, the initiative...
THE NORTH ATLANTIC — High above the freezing waters of the Norwegian Sea, a relic of Cold War bravado met the razor-sharp reality of modern warfare. A massive Russian Tu-142...
MOSCOW — For years, the war in Ukraine was a distant abstraction for the residents of Moscow. It was a conflict watched through the carefully curated lens of state television,...
KALININGRAD — For decades, the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad was groomed to be Vladimir Putin’s ultimate geopolitical fist in the heart of Europe. Wedged precariously between NATO members Poland and...
AMMAN, Jordan — In a major escalation of regional hostilities, Iranian forces launched a heavy, coordinated strike against a U.S. military base in Jordan, destroying a substantial amount of American...
ISTANBUL — The delicate architecture of Middle Eastern diplomacy has shattered once again. Following a brief and fragile period of detente aimed at reopening the Persian Gulf and stabilizing the...