Tag: China

Ukraine and the United States advance structured talks ahead of a potential March trilateral with Russia, while the Pentagon escalates pressure on an AI firm over military-use restrictions and a former F-35 pilot faces arrest in a China training case.

Cartel aftershocks in Mexico, gray-zone pressure in the South China Sea, and submarines stuck in American shipyards all point to the same quiet truth, instability grows fastest where deterrence slips and nobody moves quickly enough to stop it.

The Supreme Court just clipped executive trade power at home, Washington is quietly gaming out strikes on Iran abroad, and U.S. and Chinese fighters are brushing wingtips near Korea, a reminder that law, leverage, and lethal force are all in play at the same time.

As Germany quietly explores a European nuclear backstop, China extends its reach through dual-use space infrastructure in Africa, and unidentified drones keep probing American bases at home, the shape of modern deterrence is shifting everywhere at once.

Two carriers surge toward Iran as NATO locks down the Arctic and a Greek colonel’s alleged leak to China reminds everyone that in 2026 the battlefield runs from carrier decks to polar ice to the inside of your own alliance.

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

Xi’s sweeping purge of his own generals exposes a deeper truth: behind the parades and new hardware, China’s military remains politically shackled, combat-untested, and far less ready for a real war than its leadership wants the world to believe.

The Pentagon is drawing new authority lines along the border, keeping the C-17 fleet flying into the 2070s while pushing more U.S. weapons overseas, and trading nuclear accusations with China as the last guardrails of arms control continue to crack.

President Trump’s tough-love approach is forcing allies to grow up, adversaries to move faster, and the United States to confront the real costs of pressure as NATO strains, China postures, and America quietly expands its footprint in places like Nigeria.

Russia intensified missile and drone strikes on Ukraine’s energy grid as Vietnam recalibrated its defense posture and Libya closed a final chapter of the Gaddafi era.

Newly released video footage from Minneapolis has added new context to the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, complicating earlier official accounts of the incident. Abroad, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has begun a high-profile visit to China as Western alliances show signs of strain and governments reassess diplomatic engagement. In markets, the U.S. dollar weakened further as investors reacted to mounting economic and political uncertainty, driving increased volatility across global currencies.

From a Border Patrol shooting on a dirt road in Arivaca, to a missile strike on a Caribbean fishing boat now headed to U.S. court, to Xi Jinping gutting the very top of the PLA, the common thread is power under stress, weapons in motion, and the human cost that follows when force gets ahead of accountability.