Military Escalation

Military escalation now spans Ukraine’s intensified strikes, renewed Gaza fighting, US military operations in Venezuela, and expanding battles in Sudan and South Asia. Rising tensions in East Asia and cross-border attacks worldwide highlight widening risks as conflicts deepen and regional stability erodes.

Operation Southern Spear: When counter-narcotics becomes regime change theater

The pretext and the reality

By Diego Martinez

/ 14 Nov 2025

Operation Southern Spear: When counter-narcotics becomes regime change theater

Cambodia evacuates border village after deadly clash with Thailand

The pattern of ceasefire collapse

By Chen Wei-Lin

/ 13 Nov 2025

Cambodia evacuates border village after deadly clash with Thailand

Venezuela launches massive mobilization against US Caribbean buildup

Defense Minister describes deployment as response to 'imperialist threat' as USS Gerald R. Ford carrier group anchors regional escalation

By Diego Martinez

/ 12 Nov 2025

Venezuela launches massive mobilization against US Caribbean buildup

USS Gerald Ford arrives in Latin America as US military buildup accelerates

Carrier deployment deepens Venezuela tensions amid regional concerns over intervention pretext

By Diego Martinez

/ 11 Nov 2025

USS Gerald Ford arrives in Latin America as US military buildup accelerates

Pentagon returns to Panama's jungle after 25 years as Latin America tensions simmer

The strategic geography of readiness

By Diego Martinez

/ 11 Nov 2025

Pentagon returns to Panama's jungle after 25 years as Latin America tensions simmer

Iran's nuclear brinkmanship collides with water crisis as dual threat reshapes regime calculations

Environmental collapse and IAEA blackout create dangerous intersection that amplifies regional instability and complicates conflict resolution

By Layla Hassan

/ 10 Nov 2025

Iran's nuclear brinkmanship collides with water crisis as dual threat reshapes regime calculations

U.S. Army plans million-drone buildup facing industrial reality check

Secretary Driscoll's ambitious acquisition timeline confronts domestic manufacturing gaps and entrenched procurement bureaucracy

By David Monroe

/ 7 Nov 2025

U.S. Army plans million-drone buildup facing industrial reality check

Poland to train 400,000 citizens in military skills by 2026

Warsaw's ambitious civilian defense program faces public skepticism despite surging defense budgets and eastern flank threats

By Elena Kowalski

/ 7 Nov 2025

Poland to train 400,000 citizens in military skills by 2026

NATO deploys AI-powered counter-drone system to confront Russian airspace violations

Warsaw, Bucharest, and Copenhagen receive Merops technology as alliance adapts eastern flank defense to persistent incursions

By Elena Kowalski

/ 6 Nov 2025

NATO deploys AI-powered counter-drone system to confront Russian airspace violations

Trump's Nigeria Play: Religious freedom crusade or strategic overreach?

When humanitarian rhetoric meets hard power politics in West Africa

By Viktor Petersen

/ 3 Nov 2025

Trump's Nigeria Play: Religious freedom crusade or strategic overreach?

The narco-pretext doctrine: How counter-drug rhetoric masks Venezuela intervention architecture

As naval assets converge and target lists circulate, Washington's Caribbean buildup reveals the structural logic of 21st-century regime change operations

By Diego Martinez and Featured News Desk

/ 1 Nov 2025

The narco-pretext doctrine: How counter-drug rhetoric masks Venezuela intervention architecture

Putin's apocalyptic deterrent: The strategic logic behind Russia's nuclear super-weapons

As New START expires and Ukraine talks stall, Moscow's underwater drone and cruise missile tests are calibrated messages about whose resolve will crack first

By Viktor Petersen

/ 30 Oct 2025

Putin's apocalyptic deterrent: The strategic logic behind Russia's nuclear super-weapons