Wars can be viewed by historians later, but while they are raging and facts and lies compete for attention, it’s hard to understand what’s happening.

Modern warfare increasingly assumes that control of air and space decides the outcomes of conflicts. And it’s true that precision strikes, surveillance ...

Successor chosen. Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of former Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was selected by Iran’s ...

First Thoughts on the Attack on Iran March 1, 2026 A message on how we are handling this crisis: This is not an answer to a ...

Replenishing stocks. The Pentagon is reportedly planning to request funds from Congress to replenish munitions used against ...

The war in the Middle East and resulting restrictions on hydrocarbon supplies through the Strait of Hormuz appear to be ...

Though oil prices have surged since the start of fighting in the Middle East, investors are still hopeful that the war will resemble ...

Despite the outbreak of war in the Middle East, high-level U.S. and Chinese trade negotiations are proceeding as planned. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott ...

Fighting spreads to the Caucasus. Iranian drones struck the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan on Thursday. Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Defense said unmanned ...