Julian McBride

Despite past transgressions, turbulent governments, and lack of trust, Greece remains a vital NATO state and arguably its most under-appreciated member.

With nations conflicting over resources in an ever-changing environment, correlations of the factors in the Late Bronze Age Collapse could become more apparent. One of the world’s first large-scale cataclysms over dwindling resources could once again haunt human civilization one day if we do not learn from the mistakes of the past.

A potential loss of Bakhmut only a few months after Russia captured the city in a Pyrrhic victory would demoralize what was left of their invasion force.

Whereas America excels at war fighting, mass weapons production for allies, and crisis response, we still need nation-building and a positive way out of perpetual wars. The United States must unlearn foreign policy blunders from unconventional wars and relearn its top-tier strategies on conventional wars to combat new rising threats.

East Asian nations must address and remedy their demographics and labor situations. Akin to Russia, who found out the hard way in Ukraine, it is impossible to fight a prolonged conflict without calculating your country’s demographic position and the effects on various sectors it will have on your economy and workforce in a time of war.

Having a state of complacency can be even more dangerous than appeasing a geopolitical foe. In contrast, appeasement can come from a foreign power that ‘guarantees’ your sovereignty; a complacent foreign policy and government can make or break a nation in a global conflict.

Betrayals are turning allies into enemies. Power plays are igniting the flames of conflict setting the stage for a high stakes battle that could potentially plunge Russia into civil war and leave the world on the brink of chaos.

Overall, partial mobilization was a temporary solution to the overall Russian war effort. Conscription has been nothing more than a band-aid to an open flesh wound that needed several dozen stitches to repair.

Aerial supremacy and Israel’s decisive actions during Operation Focus of the Six-Day War is the textbook standard of air superiority. The ability to degrade enemy air defense and aircraft is what Western nations and their allies excel in, while countries such as Russia will only struggle with it.

Wanting to help his country in need, Wegner became a medic with a will and determination to serve others. What he would witness would push him beyond his duties in the military to where he would benefit all of humankind.

To show the world the United States is not above the law, reconciling with the International Criminal Court is in its best interest. With ever-changing geopolitics and past misdeeds by risking foreign policy decisions, Washington must display honor over personal interests and not allow American exceptionalism to continue to dictate our grandstanding with the international community.

With ongoing indictments against key figures of the Russian government, one cannot forget the role media figures, public broadcasters, and military bloggers played in heightening genocidal rhetoric during the invasion of Ukraine. Like the international tribunals for propagandists in Nazi Germany and the then Hutu-led government of Rwanda, Russian media figures who play a significant role in Russian intelligence operations and influence should be no exception on the roads of conviction.