A War Without Refuge The Gaza Strip in late 2025 is a landscape of ruin. What began with Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, attacks and Israel’s devastating military response has metastasized into one of the bloodiest conflicts of the 21st century. Entire neighborhoods have been flattened, hospitals and schools turned to rubble, and critical infrastructure—water,...
On September 9, 2025, the Israeli military issued an across-the-board evacuation order or Gaza City—home to roughly one million people—dropping leaflets that warned of a looming “obliteration” of the area. Despite urging residents to flee to the southern “humanitarian zone” at al-Mawasi, only about 50,000 people relocated, citing prohibitive costs (over US $1,000) and logistical...
AI Drone Swarms on the Battlefield in Ukraine Conceptual Sci-Fi to Real-World Combat Ukraine has advanced into uncharted territory by deploying AI-enabled drone swarms in active combat zones. This is widely recognized as the world’s first routine battlefield use of such systems, powered by software developed by Ukrainian firm Swarmer. The stakes are high:...
Here’s the state of play as of September 2, 2025 (America/Chicago): Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has not declared war on the United States. What’s actually happened is a sharp spike in rhetoric and military posturing on both sides, including Maduro’s vow that he would declare a “republic in arms” if Venezuela were attacked—conditional language that...
PYONGYANG, August 25, 2025 — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un awarded top state honors to Korean People’s Army troops involved in undisclosed overseas military operations, state media reported on Sunday. At a ceremony in Pyongyang, Kim presented medals, including the “Hero of the DPRK” title, to soldiers and posthumously honored those killed, while meeting their...
Pentagon: Russian Decapitation Strategy The Pentagon’s Cold War-era “decapitation strike” plans, designed to eliminate Soviet leadership and cripple command-and-control systems, remain updated for today’s multipolar nuclear landscape. While the USSR is gone, modern threats from Russia, China, cyberattacks, and hypersonic weapons have driven efforts to strengthen U.S. nuclear command resilience. Strategies now emphasize distributed command...
Washington, D.C. — President Donald J. Trump announced Monday that he intends to issue an executive order eliminating mail-in ballots and voting machines ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, citing what he described as widespread vulnerabilities to fraud. The move, unveiled during remarks at the White House, would represent one of the most sweeping federal...
Washington, D.C.—What began as whispers in diplomatic back channels has exploded into a full-fledged scandal: credible reports suggest that the President of the United States has been the target of a carefully orchestrated blackmail campaign by Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Leverage Game According to intelligence insiders, the Kremlin cultivated sensitive material over decades—business entanglements,...
Washington, D.C., 2025 — As an undeclared Civil War entered its beginning phase, President Donald J. Trump took one of the most controversial steps of his presidency: the expansion of martial law, including troop deployments to both California and Washington, D.C., and indications that nationwide measures could follow if an alleged ‘rebellion’ against Trump’s wishes...
A coordinated cyber-espionage campaign led by Russia’s military intelligence service, the GRU, has increasingly targeted private sector companies aiding Ukraine in delivering military and humanitarian assistance. The operation, attributed to the well-known “Fancy Bear” unit, has drawn widespread concern from Western security agencies. According to the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), these hacking efforts have...