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** Despite war, Moscow is booming ([link removed])
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By Mark Episkopos on Jun 10, 2025 12:05 am
Featured Image Russia is no stranger to costly, grinding wars. Soviet authorities made a point of allowing the performing arts to continue during the 872-day battle for Leningrad during World War II, widely considered the bloodiest siege in history.
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** Erik Prince brings his mercenaries to Haiti. What could go wrong? ([link removed])
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By Stavroula Pabst on Jun 06, 2025 01:31 am
Featured Image Haiti could be Erik Prince’s deadliest gambit yet for business and a ticket back into the good graces of the Washington military industrial complex.
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** Another one bites the dust: Iran hawks disappearing from admin ([link removed])
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By Kelley Beaucar Vlahos on Jun 05, 2025 08:52 am
Featured Image Word is that Israel is getting a bit nervous ([link removed]) as one after the other, Iran hawks are being shuffled out of key foreign policy and national security positions in the White House.
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** Canada hosts pre-NATO rearmament affirmation confab ([link removed])
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By Lital Khaikin on Jun 05, 2025 05:58 am
Featured Image At CANSEC, North America’s largest arms trade show last week, former NATO Secretary General Lord George Robertson invoked the spirit of Lyndon Johnson’s 1964 speech: “Only by preparing for war will we be able to protect peace.”
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** Gutting military testing office may be the deadliest move yet ([link removed])
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By Dan Grazier on Jun 04, 2025 01:54 am
Featured Image With the stroke of a pen, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has gutted the Pentagon’s weapon testing office.
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** Egypt's energy gamble has left it beholden to Israel ([link removed])
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By Elfadil Ibrahim on Jun 04, 2025 01:54 am
Featured Image As the scorching summer season approaches, Egypt finds itself once again in the throes of an uncomfortable ritual: the annual scramble for natural gas.
Recent reports ([link removed]) paint a concerning picture of what's to come, industrial gas supplies to vital sectors like petrochemicals and fertilizers have been drastically cut, some by as much as 50 percent. The proximate cause? Routine maintenance at Israel’s Leviathan mega-field, leading to a significant drop in imports.
But this is merely the latest symptom of a deeper, more chronic ailment. Egypt, once lauded as a rising energy hub, has fallen into a perilous trap of dependence, its national security and foreign policy options increasingly constrained by an awkward reliance on Israeli gas.
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