Asia

Morning Brief: Deadly Shooting at Brown, Gabbard’s Afghanistan Vetting Warning, Bangladesh Peacekeepers Killed in Abyei, and Gaza Power Struggles After Ceasefire

From Kabul evac fallout to a deadly ambush in Abyei and the mess of armed factions in Gaza, these stories all point to the same truth: rushed decisions and fragile ceasefires always get paid for by people standing post. Whether it’s Guard troops at home, peacekeepers abroad, or IDF units hunting bomb-makers, the work is still dirty, dangerous, and done without applause.

Thailand vs. Cambodia: The Border War Fueled by Scams, Politics, and Old Maps

From a beach town built on smoothies and Muay Thai camps, I am watching two neighbors drag a century of bad maps, criminal economies, and political ego back to the edge of a shooting war.

Taiwan’s Han Kuang Exercise 2025: Assessing Joint Operations and Whole-of-Society Deterrence

Han Kuang 2025 shows that Taiwan can rehearse joint warfighting and whole-of-society defense, but as someone who has worn the uniform and still calls this island home, I know we have not yet built the integrated readiness required to deter, absorb, and survive the war Beijing is actively preparing to fight.

A Fresh Chinese JF-17 Fighter Jet Export Deal, Signed In The Desert Heat

China’s bargain bin JF-17 is less about dogfights than deals, binding cash strapped air forces to Beijing with cut rate firepower, easy credit, and long term political leverage.

Thai Soldier Maimed in Border Blast as Ceasefire with Cambodia Collapses

From Phuket, I watch Thailand sit on the fault line between Washington and Beijing, absorbing every shock with the quiet discipline of a country that learned long ago that peace is something you patrol, not something you are given.

Guns, Guts, and Glory on the Sơn Tây Raid

On a moonlit run into North Vietnam on November 21, 1970, Bull Simons and 56 Green Berets hit Son Tay with surgical violence, found the cells empty, and left the nearby Secondary School littered with bodies that looked a lot more like Chinese advisors than local NVA, a truth the official record preferred to bury.

Why Ukraine Remains the West’s Crucial Front Against a Rising Autocratic Order

When Russian armor crossed the border and the drones began their ragged buzz over Kyiv, I learned that heartbreak and geopolitics break you in the same place, and the only answer was to hold the line long enough for principle to matter.

China’s Victory Day Parade Was a Live-Fire Syllabus for Future War

Beijing’s parade wasn’t a nostalgia act—it was a live-fire syllabus on how China plans to fight: with massed autonomy, spectrum dominance, and algorithms woven into steel.

It’s Been 80 Years to the Day Since We Dropped the First Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima

The bomb didn’t just flatten a city—it ripped a hole in the world so deep that eight decades later, we’re still peering into the abyss and pretending it’s not staring back.

Trouble on the Thai-Cambodian Border: Same Same but Different

Even the land of smiles has a breaking point—and this time, it’s launching F-16s instead of fire lanterns.

U.S. Special Forces Deepen Presence in Taiwan Amid Rising Regional Tensions

The Green Berets are back in Taiwan—not for a handshake and a photo op, but to train warriors on China’s doorstep for the kind of fight no one wants to talk about, but everyone knows could come.

Medal of Honor Monday: James P. Fleming – The Huey Pilot Who Flew Into Hell and Back

James P. Fleming didn’t fly into danger for medals or headlines—he did it because six men needed saving and he was the last man left who could do it.

Morning Brief: Deadly Shooting at Brown, Gabbard’s Afghanistan Vetting Warning, Bangladesh Peacekeepers Killed in Abyei, and Gaza Power Struggles After Ceasefire

Thailand vs. Cambodia: The Border War Fueled by Scams, Politics, and Old Maps

Taiwan’s Han Kuang Exercise 2025: Assessing Joint Operations and Whole-of-Society Deterrence

A Fresh Chinese JF-17 Fighter Jet Export Deal, Signed In The Desert Heat

Thai Soldier Maimed in Border Blast as Ceasefire with Cambodia Collapses

Guns, Guts, and Glory on the Sơn Tây Raid

Why Ukraine Remains the West’s Crucial Front Against a Rising Autocratic Order

China’s Victory Day Parade Was a Live-Fire Syllabus for Future War

It’s Been 80 Years to the Day Since We Dropped the First Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima

Trouble on the Thai-Cambodian Border: Same Same but Different

U.S. Special Forces Deepen Presence in Taiwan Amid Rising Regional Tensions

Medal of Honor Monday: James P. Fleming – The Huey Pilot Who Flew Into Hell and Back

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