Global Politics

Israel lit the night sky over Iran like the Vegas strip on fire, and now the whole region’s holding its breath, waiting to see who strikes the next match.

Bob Denard didn’t just survive the post-colonial chaos of Africa—he thrived in it, turning coup-making into a career and casting a long shadow where state power met mercenary ambition.

Military supremacy might win battles, but it can’t untangle the centuries of blood, belief, and bitterness that fuel these wars—and that’s the hard truth no arsenal can fix.

As NATO scrambles to meet Hegseth’s 5% defense demand, Poland ditches its Black Hawk deal, transgender troops brace for forced separation, and Trump rings up Xi to hit pause—briefly—on a trade war that’s far from over. It’s Friday, June 6, 2025 and here is your Evening Brief.

This travel ban isn’t a security strategy—it’s a diplomatic Molotov cocktail lobbed into the middle of America’s already shaky foreign alliances.

SECDEF Hegseth didn’t bring a scalpel to Singapore—he brought a sledgehammer, and made sure Beijing heard it hit the floor.

As tensions mount in the Indo-Pacific, Gaza, Ukraine, and global trade, the U.S. is stepping up pressure on China and Russia through defense commitments, ceasefire diplomacy, bipartisan sanctions, and steep tariff hikes aimed at protecting American industry and global stability. Welcome to Saturday May 31st, 2025.

Negotiating with Putin isn’t about finding common ground over chamomile tea—it’s about dragging a bare-knuckle brawler into a ring where losing means he walks out missing teeth, not territory.

Five hundred U.S. military trainers are now on the ground in Taiwan, forging a battle-ready force designed to slam the brakes on any Chinese move across the Strait.

This isn’t immigration reform—it’s moral cowardice dressed up as national interest, tossing our Afghan brothers and sisters to the wolves after they carried our water through two decades of war.

The Trump administration just swung a wrecking ball through Washington’s national security and energy playbooks—gutting the NSC, greenlighting battlefield-ready nuclear reactors, and watching Kyiv burn under Russian missiles all in the same 48 hours. Welcome to Saturday May 24th, 2025, this is your SOFREP morning brief.

A night meant for clinking glasses and bridging divides ended with two young diplomats bleeding out on the sidewalk—killed not by a nation, but by blind hatred.