This debate examines whether OPEC still shapes global oil markets or whether shifting geopolitics and production trends have overtaken its influence.

McConnell serves as the head of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, and while he is out, the committee’s work reviewing the Trump administration’s mammoth defense bill has stalled.

Ukraine and Poland, close allies in the fight against Russia, have recently had a falling-out over trade disputes and historical controversies dating back to World War II. Last week, Ukraine backed ...

A well-meaning regulatory effort in Congress intended to ensure American AI dominance over competing Chinese models may have the opposite effect. When Japanese startup Sakana AI recently launched its ...

New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters condemned the Chinese SLBM test near its waters, calling it an “unwelcome and concerning development.” The test sparked fierce criticism from the ...

The US Memorandum of Understanding with Iran to bring an end to the Iran War, which remains the basis of negotiations on a ...

Following a 36-year Navy career, the USS Mobile Bay is on track to participate in a SINKEX exercise as part of RIMPAC 2026 this month.

An Economic NATO could fill that gap without the need for a new charter or huge bureaucracy. It could fold geoeconomics into what the alliance already does—planning, intelligence, procurement, and ...

What deserves equal attention—and is less likely to get it—is whether NATO can generate the manpower required to give that spending real military credibility. The Trump administration is asking Europe ...