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Is Russia Running Out of Trucks?
Ukraine’s recent middle strike drone campaign has been decimating the Russian military truck fleet and preventing them from delivering supplies to their frontline units.Jompy · 10 Aug · 14 min read
The Berlin Attack is Part of a Broader Pattern. Europe Needs to Wake Up to The Growing Threat
Paweł Wójcik · 7 Aug · 9 min read
The US Has One Last Option in Iran (Opinion)
Kyle Moran · 5 Aug · 16 min read
The World's Top Sudan Expert Sees No End in Sight to the War
Alex de Waal traces Sudan's collapse to the broken promises of South Sudan's secession — and warns that profit-seeking patrons and glory-hungry peacemakers have made real diplomacy impossible.Wilfred Waimiri · 3 Aug · 61 min read
Gen-Z Revolutions are Sweeping the World. How Should the West Deal With Them?
From Nepal to Serbia, youth-led uprisings keep toppling governments without securing lasting change — and the West's Arab Spring record shows how easily outside help can make things worse.Henrik Hannes Herkel · 30 Jul · 13 min read
Myanmar’s Resistance is Fracturing. Here’s What that Means
Under pressure from advancing junta troops and a growing Chinese role in the conflict, Myanmar’s many resistance groups have been increasingly at odds with each other, sparking fears the united front against the coup is starting to crumble.Thomas van Linge · 27 Jul · 14 min read
The Other Oil War: Inside the Cartels’ Multi-Billion Dollar Fuel Industry
Fuel theft has become the cartels' second-biggest business — draining billions from Mexico's treasury, seeping into US supply chains, and outpacing every crackdown Washington and Mexico City can mount.William B. Lipscomb · 25 Jul · 12 min read
One Patron, Two Armies: Why Russia’s Africa Corps Is Losing Ground Where Wagner Held the Line
In the Central African Republic, Wagner repelled a rebel raid within days; in Mali, Africa Corps surrendered the north — proof that nationalizing Prigozhin's empire gutted what made it work.Casus Belli · 24 Jul · 11 min read
Living off Cold War Leftovers: How the Ukraine War Will Devastate Militaries Worldwide
Since the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union, many countries have opted to buy cheap Soviet-era legacy surplus hardware from its successor states. But the Ukraine War means those stockpiles are finally drying up. Jompy · 20 Jul · 17 min read
Understanding Ukraine's Isolation Campaign in Crimea.
Mass-produced strike drones now let Ukraine hit Crimea's bridges, rail lines, substations and shipping day after day — turning Russia's southern logistics hub into a supply-starved liability.Phil Cowin · 18 Jul · 15 min read
Cyberspace is the New Frontline
From the FBI director's inbox to Jordan's wheat reserves, Iran's proxy hackers show how states now wage war cheaply, deniably, and with fear as the real payload.Fronts Staff · 16 Jul · 10 min read
What Will Russia's Military Look Like After the Ukraine War?
Staggering losses will force Moscow into hard tradeoffs — cutting its navy and air force, betting big on drones — but the force that emerges could be more dangerous than the one that invaded in 2022.Jakub Janovsky · 13 Jul · 15 min readShow 12 more
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