This scenario—where every U.S. overseas territory and Compact of Free Association (COFA) partner either gains independence or flips to another sphere of influence—poses a profound threat not just to American…
On June 16th, something quietly unprecedented happened. At least 32 US Air Force tanker aircraft launched from bases across the continental United States. Their destination? Europe. Their mission? Classified. But…
Look at a map of Australia. Notice anything strange? Massive cities dot the coasts: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth—even Hobart on the southern edge of Tasmania. But up north, in…
We’re often told that Western Europe was spared the long, slow decay that left scars across Eastern Europe during the Cold War. Unlike the purpose-built Soviet ghost towns scattered from…
As of June 17th, 2025, the skies over the Middle East are filled with fire. From Tehran to Tel Aviv, the once-unthinkable has become routine: waves of ballistic missiles, drone…
On May 14th, 2025, a single photograph emerged that—at the time—seemed curious. Today, it looks like the first domino in a geopolitical chain reaction that would reshape the Middle East.…
In 2020, a young girl from Taiz, Yemen, uttered a sentence that encapsulated the despair of an entire city: “I feel tired. I get angry for Yemen.” She stood amid…
On the morning of June 13th, the long-simmering tensions between Israel and Iran exploded into open conflict. Preemptive Israeli airstrikes tore across Iranian skies, lighting up the capital, Tehran, and…
Nestled on the north slopes of the Greater Caucasus Mountains, where Europe starts to blend into Asia, lies a place like no other on the continent. A land the size…
At precisely 5:30 a.m. local time, the skies over Tehran lit up with the blinding flash of explosions. The city, long bracing for a major geopolitical shockwave, had just become…
Ryan Hite