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Global Politics

The Dying Giant: How China’s Demographic Collapse Threatens Its Military Ambitions

China’s collapsing birthrate is shrinking its workforce, distorting its military calculus, and compressing Beijing’s strategic timeline, creating a narrowing window in which demographic decline may push the regime toward riskier decisions abroad before its power irreversibly fades.

Bolduc Brief: The Futility of Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’: A Critical Analysis

Trump’s so-called “Board of Peace” is less a serious diplomatic initiative and more a self-serving, redundant, and strategically hollow venture that risks deepening mistrust among allies, duplicating existing institutions, and distracting from the hard, disciplined work real foreign policy demands.

Morning Brief: Trump on Iran Protests, UFO File Release, Army Drone Innovation, Nigeria IED Strike

Trump escalates rhetoric over Iran’s protest death toll and signals possible strikes as the rial collapses, orders a review of UFO/UAP files, Pennsylvania National Guard soldiers win an Army drone innovation competition, and reports emerge of an IED strike on a Nigerian Army armored vehicle in Zamfara.

Morning Brief: Trump Weighs Iran Strike as Epstein Fallout Expands Across U.S. and U.K. Politics

President Donald Trump weighs military options against Iran as renewed scrutiny tied to Jeffrey Epstein’s network expands across U.S. and U.K. politics, intersecting with escalating tensions in the Middle East and ongoing transatlantic investigations.

Morning Brief: U.S. Military Buildup Near Iran Expands Strike Options as Tigray Mobilizes, Burma Fighting Persists, and Ukraine Foreign Legion Faces Torture Allegations

U.S. naval forces mass near Iran as tensions rise, while fighting intensifies in Tigray and Myanmar and new allegations shake Ukraine’s foreign legion.

Morning Brief: Ukraine Air Defense Shortages, Taiwan Arms, Hormuz Drills

European missile stocks for Ukraine run dry as winter strain intensifies; the U.S. weighs new Taiwan arms sales while Iran temporarily closes the Strait of Hormuz during renewed nuclear talks.

Morning Brief: Ukraine Advances in Zaporizhzhia as Obama Clarifies Alien Remarks

Ukraine records localized gains in Zaporizhzhia amid Russian defensive strain, while Obama clarifies podcast comments about aliens and UAPs.

Morning Brief: Ukraine National Anti-Corruption Bureau Detains Halushchenko; Mexico Cartel Killings and US Tanker Boarding

Ukraine detains ex-minister in graft probe; UN details Darfur massacre; Mexico mine workers found in graves; US boards Venezuela-linked tanker.

Evening Brief: CENTCOM Hits ISIS in Syria, Russia Tests Starlink Alternative, 32 Killed in Nigeria, Crew-12 Docks at ISS

U.S. forces intensified strikes against ISIS in Syria as Russia tested a high-altitude communications platform positioned as a Starlink alternative, motorcycle gunmen massacred civilians in Nigeria, and NASA’s Crew-12 restored full staffing aboard the ISS.

Morning Brief: Starlink in Iran, Olympic Ban on Heraskevych, Navy RIMES Drone Push, and Houston Gun Jugging Shootout

From Starlink terminals keeping Iranian protesters online, to a Ukrainian Olympian disqualified over a war memorial helmet, to the Navy’s push for ship-launched long-range strike drones, and a Houston gun-jugging robbery that ended in a shootout.

Morning Brief: Trump Signals Iran Deal, CIA Targets PLA, Ukraine Disrupts Russian Starlink

Trump signals possible Iran deal as Tehran fortifies nuclear sites, CIA targets Chinese military personnel, and Ukraine disrupts Russian Starlink.

Morning Brief: Zelenskyy Defers Elections Under Martial Law as Bondi Testifies on Epstein Files and FAA Closes El Paso Airspace

Zelenskyy rules out elections under martial law as fighting intensifies, Bondi testifies on Epstein files, and the FAA defends an El Paso airspace closure.

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