Category: World
Chinese missile tests cast long shadow over Pacific Islands
This year’s annual summit of Pacific Island Forum (PIF) leaders, occurring less than two months after China fired a long-range nuclear-capable ballistic missile…
New Russia sanctions amid war risk even higher gas prices
The House voted Thursday to pass legislation that would place a new set of sanctions on Russia, drawing significant Democratic support despite opposition…
How Saudi Arabia’s anti-Houthi strategy crashed and burned
For a decade, Saudi Arabia’s Yemen policy has rested on the assumption that time, money and coercive force, patiently and strategically applied, would…
With Mideast on fire, oil prices are poised to explode
News reports this week indicated Saudi Arabia was cancelling or delaying multiple shipments of crude to European refiners for the month of September,…
What NATO leaves behind as it pulls back from Kosovo
This summer, tensions in Kosovo have spiked even as a NATO-led peacekeeping mission began to withdraw from the country.In July, police detained 37…
Trump’s govt makes ‘treasonous’ claim of weapons shortages
In the last two days, a pair of government reports confirmed what many outside analysts have claimed: the Iran war has been extraordinarily…
As US stockpiles dwindle, Trump rushes weapons to Israel, Saudi
As government watchdogs warn about dwindling U.S. stockpiles of major weapons systems, the Trump administration is moving ahead with billions of dollars in…
Massie tells RS why he went after Hegseth and not Trump
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) tells Responsible Statecraft that he is initiating eight articles of impeachment against Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth because Congress…
Vance claims US ‘on top’ of Red Sea crisis. Houthis say otherwise.
Vice President JD Vance said Monday that Washington was in direct contact with the Houthis as the group solidified its gains across Yemen’s…
How the US tried (and failed) to learn from ‘The Battle of Algiers’
The stern Colonel Mathieu, in shades and camouflage, stands cross-armed as flashbulbs pop a few feet away. The photographers’ lenses and newsreel cameras…
