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Pentagon warns on China; Guard sent to New Orleans; US–Iran tensions rise. Here’s your Wednesday morning brief for December 24th, 2025
Japan’s commitments to Taiwan may stay deliberately foggy, but every new missile battery on the Ryukyus and every long-range purchase order in Tokyo forces Beijing to price Japan into the opening moves, because the “Taiwan problem” stops looking like a solo raid and starts reading like an alliance-triggered brawl.
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.
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.
US Justice Department moves to unseal Epstein files, Russia hits Kyiv, and more. Here’s your Tuesday morning rundown, November 25, 2025.
Trump accepts Xi’s invite to Beijing, Pentagon probes Senator Mark Kelly, and more. Here’s what’s making headlines this Monday evening.
Brazil drags its ex-president to prison for a coup gone sideways, Israel’s uneasy ceasefire buckles under fresh fire in Gaza, and China hauls Japan before the UN over Taiwan, each flashpoint showing how fast the global order can tilt when leaders gamble and the fallout hits every border at once. It’s Saturday, November 22nd, 2025. This is your SOFREP Evening Brief.
US expands Caribbean forces, Iran halts nukes, Trump backs Epstein release. Here’s your Monday morning rundown, November 17, 2025.
When China pushes warships toward Japan, a Newark street turns into a killing ground, and a ghost of Ecuador’s narco-wars is dragged out of hiding in Spain, you can see the world’s pressure points tightening all at once and none of them give you any comfort. It’s Sunday, November 16th, 2025. This is your SOFREP Evening Brief.
US launches Operation South Spear as global tensions flare from Kyiv to the Gulf. Here’s your Friday morning rundown, November 14, 2025.
Trump holds firm as shutdown drags on; global tensions flare from Gaza to Ukraine. Here’s your Monday Morning Brief rundown, November 3, 2025.
A former Army HUMINT team leader who treated Top Secret access like a ticket to Beijing now has four years to think about the keys he tried to hand a hostile service.
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