Why Allies Aren't Helping Trump in the Strait of Hormuz
Anne Applebaum argues that NATO members are deliberately avoiding involvement in any Trump‑led operation in the Strait of Hormuz. She contends the hesitation stems from a strategic calculation, not cowardice, because the Trump administration would likely undervalue allied contributions. The European allies fear that a unilateral U.S. move could isolate them and jeopardize their own security interests. Consequently, they are weighing the risks of escalation against the limited diplomatic payoff of supporting a volatile policy stance.
Does the Iran War Signal the End of Economic Statecraft?
Podcast guests debated whether recent U.S. actions mark a turning point away from economic statecraft toward hard military power. They defined geoeconomics as using finance and economic tools—sanctions, tariffs, export controls—to pursue national-security goals, and noted its rise over the...
Sweden Leads Its First NATO Air Policing Mission | Breaking Defense | The Weekly Break Out
Sweden is leading its first NATO air policing mission in the Arctic from an Icelandic air station, operating under a new European-led warfighting command handed over by the US. Harsh Arctic weather has grounded some F-35 deployments, but Swedish Gripen...
The FBI Experience Brief: Cybercrime
The FBI’s “Cybercrime” Experience Brief introduces visitors to the expanding threat landscape that accompanies today’s interconnected world, where everything from refrigerators to automobiles is network‑enabled. The presentation traces cybercrime’s evolution from early room‑sized computers—where vandalism and theft were primary concerns—to modern,...
The Frontlines of Cybersecurity at Tech Field Day Extra at RSAC 2026 #TFDx #RSAC2026 #TFDLive
Tom Hollingsworth, event lead for security at Tech Field Day, announced the debut of Tech Field Day Extra at RSA Conference 2026, a supplemental on‑site series designed to deepen data‑protection dialogue among security professionals. The two‑day lineup features BEH’s morning session...
Why Are Pakistan and Afghanistan at War?
Pakistan announced an open war against Afghanistan in February 2026, marking a dramatic reversal of a historically close relationship. The conflict stems from Islamabad’s accusation that Kabul’s Taliban government shelters the Tehrik‑i‑Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which has unleashed a wave of...
Black Hat USA 2025 | ECS-Cape – Hijacking IAM Privileges in Amazon ECS
The Black Hat talk unveiled a critical flaw dubbed “EC escape” that lets a single container running on an Amazon ECS‑EC2 instance hijack IAM credentials of every other container on the same host. By abusing the internal Agent Communication Service...
What This Abandoned Military Base Reveals About Trump's Greenland Ambitions | WSJ
The Wall Street Journal video follows reporter Sune on a rugged trek across Greenland to an abandoned World‑War‑II airfield, using dog sleds and a small boat to illustrate President Trump’s renewed rhetoric about “owning” the island. The piece frames Greenland...
What Reopening The Strait of Hormuz Looks Like #straitofhormuz #usnavy #antishipmissile
The video outlines a realistic roadmap for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, emphasizing that the U.S. Navy cannot simply flip a switch to restore safe passage. Instead, it would require a sustained, multi‑stage campaign targeting Iranian maritime threats and rebuilding...
Why Subterranean Warfare Is the Next Battleground | Palmer Luckey | The Axios Show Clip
In a clip from The Axios Show, Palmer Luckey, founder of Anduril Industries, argues that the subterranean environment will eclipse space as the next major war‑fighting domain, positioning underground mobility and logistics as a century‑long strategic priority. Luckey notes that Cold‑War...
Survivors Recount Deadly Air Strike on Kabul Drug Rehab Hospital
The video documents survivors’ harrowing accounts of a U.S. airstrike that struck a drug‑rehabilitation hospital in Kabul, resulting in a large number of civilian deaths and injuries. The strike, carried out under the pretext of targeting Taliban‑linked terrorist infrastructure, has...
US-Israel War on Iran Is as Reckless and Catastrophic as It Is Stupid and Illegal
The video frames the United States and Israel as jointly launching an unprovoked, illegal war against Iran, portraying the conflict as a reckless exercise of power that violates international law. It depicts the strikes as a modern‑day crusade, likening the...
The Shield of the Americas || Peter Zeihan
Peter Zeihan explains Trump's new "Shield of the Americas" initiative, a security‑focused alliance linking the United States with a handful of right‑leaning Latin American governments such as El Salvador, Trinidad and Tobago and Argentina. The pact is presented as a response...
‘US and Israel Have Taken the Vast Majority of Iran’s Ballistic Missile Capability’
The video highlights a coordinated U.S.-Israel campaign that has largely stripped Iran of its ballistic missile arsenal, while also curbing its drone operations. Speakers emphasize that the majority of Iran’s missile capability has been neutralized, and its unmanned aerial systems...
Strikes Across the Middle East as Iran Vows Revenge | Sky News Coverage and Analysis
The video presents a straightforward demonstration of a shape‑memory alloy using a nitinol paper clip, illustrating how the material can recover its original form after deformation. The presenter bends the clip into an unrecognizable shape, then drops it into hot water;...
Why China Isn't Going to Bail Trump Out | FT #shorts
Trump argues that China’s massive resources could unblock the Strait of Hormuz, positioning Beijing as a potential savior for his war‑time agenda. He contends that because China imports more Gulf oil than most nations, it shares America’s interest in ending...
Are the US and Israel Waging a War on Iran's Terms? | DW News
DW News examines whether the United States and Israel are fighting Iran on Tehran’s terms, highlighting the Islamic Republic’s reliance on asymmetric warfare to compensate for its conventional military shortfalls. The program cites security analyst Megan Sutcliffe, who describes Iran’s...
Trump’s Call for Asian Allies to Help Unblock Strait of Hormuz Is ‘a Test’: Analyst
President Donald Trump publicly urged Japan, South Korea and Australia to deploy naval forces to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, framing the request as a test of alliance loyalty amid the escalating Iran‑U.S. conflict. The demand comes as Iran’s...
Donald Trump Claims NATO Backed US-Israel Strikes, Says Iran Military 'Wiped Out' | Breaking News
Former President Donald Trump used a recent interview to assert that NATO members unanimously backed a U.S.-Israel strike that, according to him, eliminated Iran’s navy, air force, radar and senior leadership. He framed the operation as a decisive blow to...
Iran Strikes Back LIVE: Iran Launches Kheibar Shekan Ballistic Missiles Toward Israel | WION Live
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced that Kheibar Shekan solid‑fuel ballistic missiles, alongside combat drones, were launched in the 45th wave of Operation True Promise‑4 against Israeli and U.S. facilities. The Kheibar Shekan represents a newer, short‑range missile family with...
Trump Struggles to Find an Exit From the Iran War, Susan Page Explains
The video examines President Donald Trump’s mounting difficulty in extricating the United States from a rapidly escalating conflict with Iran, a war he initially framed as a short‑term operation. After the February 28th strikes that decimated Iran’s navy and air defenses,...
Starmer Makes a Deal with Zelensky, as Trump Hits Out at Europe | BBC Newscast
The BBC newscast highlighted Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s latest agreement with President Volodymyr Zelensky, cementing fresh military assistance for Ukraine amid a protracted conflict. At the same time, former President Donald Trump used a St. Patrick’s Day appearance to lambast NATO...
Military Planning, Intelligence, and Algorithmic Warfare in the Iran Campaign
The video recounts the 1947 incident where a moth caused a malfunction in the Harvard Mark II computer, marking the origin of the modern “bug” metaphor. Engineers discovered the insect lodged in a relay, taped it into their logbook, and labeled it...
Why The US Wants Ukraine’s Shahed-Killer Drones
The video explains why Washington is courting Ukraine for its low‑cost Shahed‑killer drones as Iran‑built attack drones flood the battlefield. While Ukraine still begs for high‑end air‑defense assets such as Patriot batteries, it now pitches its own interceptor fleet –...
NATO’s Arctic Artillery Forces Are Learning to Dig, Hide, and Maneuver to Dodge #drones.
NATO’s Arctic artillery units are undergoing a doctrinal shift, training in Norway to evade increasingly lethal drone threats that now dominate modern battlefields. The drills focus on digging concealed firing positions, masking heat signatures, and limiting radio emissions, moving away from...
Black Hat USA 2025 | Shade BIOS: Unleashing the Full Stealth of UEFI Malware
At Black Hat USA 2025, Kazuk Kimatsu of FFR Security presented “Shade BIOS,” a method for extending UEFI firmware functionality into runtime to create fully stealthy BIOS‑level malware. He explained that today’s UEFI bootkits and SMM backdoors are limited by either...
What the Bombing of a School in Iran Tells Us About the Information War | FT #shorts
The Financial Times short examines the devastating strike on a school in Manab, Iran, where 168 people – mostly children – were killed. It uses the incident to illustrate how competing state narratives and a tightly controlled information environment complicate...
RAeS Lecture: Strategic Air Command An 80th Anniversary Retrospective
The Royal Aeronautical Society lecture marked Strategic Air Command’s 80th anniversary, with historian Robert Hopkins tracing four decades of the Cold‑War juggernaut. He opened by noting SAC’s chaotic birth in 1946 under General George Kenney, whose ill‑conceived cross‑training of pilots...
How Centurion C-RAM Is Playing a Vital Role in Defense Against Iranian Aerial Onslaught ?
The video examines how the U.S. Army’s Centurion Counter‑Rocket, Artillery, and Mortar (C‑RAM) system became the primary shield for the U.S. Embassy and surrounding Green Zone in Baghdad when Iranian‑origin drones and rockets were launched at the diplomatic enclave. ...
Poland, Northeastern Europe, and the Future of the Transatlantic Partnership
The American Enterprise Institute hosted a high‑profile dialogue with the Warsaw Freedom Institute to examine Poland’s evolving role in the transatlantic partnership. Speakers highlighted Poland’s rapid economic expansion, its transition from a security recipient to a security provider, and...
Israeli Says Air Strikes Killed Iran’s Security Chief
Israel’s military announced that precision air strikes on Tehran killed Ali Larijani, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, and Basij commander Gholam Soleimani. The strikes represent a rare direct attack on senior Iranian officials, bypassing the usual covert operations....
Nader Shah Vs. The Ottomans - Master of Iran ANIMATED DOCUMENTARY
The video examines Nader Shah’s transformation from a battlefield commander to the de‑facto ruler of the Safavid realm, focusing on his sweeping administrative reforms and his brutal war against the Ottoman Empire. It outlines how Nader seized the infant Shah...
Taliban: 400 Killed in Pakistani Airstrike on Kabul HospitalーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS
The video reports a devastating Pakistani airstrike on a Kabul hospital that treated drug addiction, leaving at least 400 dead and roughly 250 wounded. The interim Taliban government condemned the attack as an assault on civilians, while Pakistan denied targeting...
The Investor Behind A16z’s America First Push On Dealing With the Pentagon ‘Where Bits Meet Atoms’
The interview on Compound Interest introduces Andreessen Horowitz’s American Dynamism Fund, a venture‑capital vehicle created to channel private capital into sectors the firm deems essential to the United States’ national and economic security. Partner David Ulovich explains that the fund...
Israel Says Iran's Security Chief Ali Larijani Has Been Killed
Israel’s defense establishment announced that it had eliminated Ali Larijani, the head of Iran’s National Supreme Security Council, in a covert operation. The claim, made by Israel’s defense minister, also includes the death of the chief of the Basij paramilitary force,...
LIVE: Scene From Kabul as Hospital Airstrike Death Toll Rises
An overnight Pakistani airstrike struck a drug‑rehabilitation hospital in Kabul, killing at least 400 people. The attack marks a dramatic escalation in the third week of heightened tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Afghan officials have condemned the strike and warned...
Eyewitness Footage of Drone Attacks on US Embassy in Iraq
On March 17, 2026, the U.S. embassy in Baghdad was targeted by a coordinated drone assault, captured in eyewitness video showing the compound’s air‑defense system firing tracer rounds and exploding shells. Iraqi security officials described the strike as the most...
Sweden Grabs Its First Shadow Fleet Vessel || Peter Zeihan
Peter Zeihan reported that Sweden has seized a Russian‑operated shadow‑fleet bulk carrier in a Baltic port, detaining its crew. The capture marks Sweden’s first action against the clandestine fleet that Russia uses to evade sanctions. Unlike previous seizures—mostly tankers—this bulker expands...
Iranian Families Grieve for Lost Children
Israel announced detailed plans to continue its air campaign against Iran for at least three more weeks. The conflict, now in its third week, has killed more than 1,300 people since the U.S.-Israeli strikes began on Feb. 28. Iranian families...
Trump Claims Former President Regretted Not Attacking Iran
In a recent interview, former President Donald Trump asserted that a previous U.S. commander‑in‑chief regretted not launching a strike against Iran, but he declined to identify the individual. Trump framed the remark as evidence that every president since the 1970s avoided...
Hundreds Reported Dead in Pakistan Strikes on Afghan Drug Rehab Centre
Afghanistan’s Taliban government reported that Pakistani air strikes on March 17, 2026, hit a drug rehabilitation centre in Kabul, killing at least 400 people and wounding more than 250. Pakistan denied targeting civilians, insisting the bombs were aimed at Taliban...
Russia and China: Gaining From the War with Iran? | State of Play
China and Russia are closely watching the escalating Israel‑Iran conflict, with CSIS experts Bonny Lin and Maria Snegovaya explaining how the two powers interpret the risks and opportunities. Beijing continues to portray itself as a peacemaker, urging an immediate ceasefire...
Iran at a Crossroad
The webinar “Iran at a Crossroad” brought together scholars Pam Akavan and Janice Stein to dissect Iran’s domestic turmoil and the broader regional war that erupted in early 2026. They traced the timeline from the January 8 mass‑killing of...
Exclusive: Why Iran's New Leader Survived & How to Reopen the Strait of Hormuz
A leaked IRGC audio recording reveals how Mojtaba Khamenei survived the 30‑bomb strike that killed his father Ali Khamenei, his wife, sister and other relatives, shedding light on his rapid elevation as the new supreme leader. The discussion also examines...
John Spencer — The Paradox of the Urban Character of Modern Conflicts
John Spencer opened the session by framing urban warfare as a paradox: militaries instinctively avoid fighting in cities, yet the increasing urbanization of the globe makes such conflicts inevitable. He highlighted his decade‑long research, fieldwork in Ukraine, Israel, Gaza, and...
What Trump's Phone Call Means for NATO Leaders | FT #shorts
The video centers on a recent phone call between former President Donald Trump and a journalist, in which Trump pressed NATO allies—particularly Britain—to intervene in the ongoing conflict with Iran by unblocking the Strait of Hormuz. He also hinted that...
U.S. Names Six Service Members Killed In Iraq Air Crash
The video reports that the United States has officially identified six service members killed when a KC‑135 aerial refueling aircraft crashed in Iraq. Among the dead were three airmen from the Ohio National Guard’s 121st Air Refueling Wing, underscoring the...
Why Cyber Attribution Gets Complicated
The video examines why attributing cyber attacks to nation‑states, particularly the United States, has become a tangled problem. The author, writing a book on cyber threats, treats the U.S. as a distinct adversary alongside China and Russia, but notes that...
Ministers Face Questions on Defence as Middle East Conflict Widens
UK ministers answered defence questions in the House of Commons as the Middle East conflict broadened. The session included urgent inquiries about the Strait of Hormuz and a forthcoming statement on oil support to mitigate potential supply shocks. Live coverage...
Starmer Says UK 'Will Not Be Drawn Into the Wider War'
British Labour leader Keir Starmer told Parliament that the United Kingdom will defend its allies but will not send troops into the expanding conflict surrounding Iran, rejecting calls to join a direct offensive. He framed the decision as a matter of...