Category: Foreign Policy

A system built for endurance doesn’t break under pressure, it adapts, absorbs, and keeps shaping the battlefield long after its opponents think the game is over.

A small but visible group of Americans has turned toward Russia in recent years, some out of ideology, others out of necessity, and a few out of pure opportunism. Their stories differ, but the pattern is clear. When doors close at home, Moscow has a way of opening one.

A war launched without a defined end state, sold through metrics and bravado, and blind to an enemy that measures time in generations rather than news cycles, is not a path to victory but a slow-motion admission of strategic failure.

Israeli tanks positioned along the northern Israel–Lebanon border, deployed in a defensive posture amid ongoing cross-border fighting with Hezbollah.

US faces rising threats: Iran threatens the Strait, drones breach defenses, and Cuba signals military readiness.

Hope is not a plan. Our troops are ready, but Washington must lay out clear objectives and a real strategy on Iran.

Bolduc critiques the Trump administration’s Iran policy, highlighting military focus, strained alliances, and public discontent.

Twenty-three years after Iraq, the United States is back in the Middle East, fighting a war while the character of the conflict shifts in real time. In its first weeks, the Iran war has exposed vulnerabilities in air defense, strained regional infrastructure, and pushed the fight into the information space and global energy markets.

Support for Israel on the American right is no longer politically frictionless. As the war with Iran sharpens divisions, a growing gap is emerging between institutional positions and segments of the conservative base—one that is already reshaping how politicians speak, align, and manage the alliance in public.

“No new wars” carried weight when it constrained someone else. Under current conditions, it has receded. The standard changed. The consequences remain.

Washington went to war in Iran and then asked its allies for help. The response was cautious and, in many cases, negative. The alliance still stands, but the margin for cooperation has narrowed—and that carries consequences.

Drone warfare has lowered the barrier to violence. From hobbyist FPV drones to Iranian Shahed loitering munitions, the technology now raises difficult questions about how far modern conflict can reach.