Things have slowed down a tad over the past couple days as both Russian and Ukrainian armies have done some repositioning, one playing off the other’s moves and vice versa.

Survey finds strong support for Gaza ceasefire; most believe today’s foreign policy doesn’t put Americans first

Only a few profiting from war’s devastation while bootless crusade to extend NATO borders leaves US vulnerable to China in the Pacific

Russian President Vladimir Putin has outwitted the West by his response to Ukraine’s Kursk offensive one month ago, which was widely celebrated as a tipping point in the conflict. The conflict is indeed at a tipping point today, but for an entirely different reason insofar as Russian forces seized the folly of Ukraine’s deployment of its crack brigades and prized Western armour to Kursk Region to reach an unassailable position in the most recent weeks in the battlefields, which opens the door for multiple options going forward.

CIA Director William Burns and MI6 Chief Richard Moore held an unprecedented joint public event on Saturday

Talk about negotiations to end the war in Ukraine has again intensified, in particular on the part of Putin.

An Update on the Russia-Ukraine War

Editing a book about the media and the war in Ukraine taught me first-hand lessons about censorship. It also confirmed that the Western media’s pro-elite bias is as strong as ever.

Kyiv has urged US to lift curbs on long-range missiles. US officials suggest policy won’t change anytime soon

One month later, Kyiv’s invasion of Russia hasn’t moved the needle, while Moscow has made gains on other fronts