Julian McBride

The Taliban ultimately won the war in Afghanistan by biding their time and waiting out the US-led coalition. Not knowing how to run an already third-world economy, the Taliban’s theocratic and archaic laws have only exacerbated the cataclysm tens of millions of Afghans face. Nevertheless, the group now rules over a pile of ash, and the militants are solely responsible for the deterioration of Afghanistan.

Military aid to Ukraine will continue to be a focus of accountability with the average American citizen going forward as election season approaches and fear of corruption ensues. As former President Eisenhower emphasized, it is important to remain vigilant on the influence of the military industrial complex. 

Turkey, which has actively played a humanitarian and diplomatic role in helping to have detained Ukrainians released from Russian captivity, now must confront its dark past and do the same with the fate of missing Greek Cypriots.

The KA-52 Alligator is a formidable attack helicopter that has supported various missions of the Russian Air Force. Nevertheless, the more losses the rotary wing takes, especially under sanctions, the more likely the Alligators could become combat-inefficient for several years or even decades.

Decades of overextending their land ambitions through several enclaves, overestimating their military capabilities, and lacking support amongst their allies have finally returned to haunt the Russian Federation. The war in Ukraine can become the third spark of collapse against Moscow for the third time over the past century, and the world must prepare for this domino effect.

Landmines are not just a Ukrainian issue but a humanitarian concern. The world must work to avoid the catastrophic aftermaths of Afghanistan and Chechnya, in which some areas still have not been fully cleared to this day of mines, and the longer it takes to remove Ukraine from the deadly ordinance, the more the global economy could suffer the repercussions of it.

The proposed sale of over a hundred Merkava main battle tanks from Israel to Cyprus signifies a growing partnership between the two nations, enhancing their military capabilities and aligning their interests in the Eastern Mediterranean region.

Successful probing operations by Ukraine’s reconnaissance units have given Kyiv critical intelligence to prepare for a future offensive along the left bank of the Kherson oblast.

Vladimir Putin’s ironclad grip on Russia, reminiscent of George Orwell’s 1984, is beginning to show cracks, revealing a bubbling cauldron of inner circle strife and public discontent that threatens to rupture his carefully constructed edifice of power.

The counterproductive actions of Baku continue to inflame ethnic tensions in Karabakh after a brutal war. Still, it also shows the international community that Azerbaijan cannot be trusted to rule over the Armenians of the region. The international community must now call bluff towards Baku’s inhumane blockade or watch the continued destruction of another ancestral Armenian community.

Putin’s image has always been a strongman who ‘adores his people’ and is ‘deeply patriotic,’ but his response to the Kursk disaster and the fate of his troops in Ukraine tell the opposite. Decades of bureaucratic practices, negligence, and filling coveted ranks filled with ‘Yes’ men have doomed the Russian military for the next several decades to come.

The Treaty of Lausanne was a century-long treaty meant to mend the Mediterranean nations’ relations and solidify the region’s current borders. Instead, the region may be closer to war than ever due to provocative actions by successive Turkish governments that veered off the course of Mustafa Kemal’s policies.