Reporting on Russia-West Relations.
What is the Entity List? How the Commerce Department’s BIS lists foreign firms, who decides, and what a listing means for exports to China and Russia.
Our Ukraine war weekly roundup: a local ceasefire at Oleshky, missile strikes on Kyiv, the Graham sanctions order and Starlink disputes.
Military technology in 2026: drones, AI wingmen, hypersonics, lasers, space jammers and shipyards, and where U.S. programs stand against China and Russia.
NATO sends patrol aircraft, radar, drones and forensic teams to the Black Sea after ship attacks off Romania and Bulgaria, but no escorts or attribution.
Lavrov in Tehran: Russia’s top diplomat makes his first wartime visit after backing toll-free Hormuz passage in Manama. What the 2025 treaty does not promise.
Information war: UK warns of industrial-scale Russian info assault, Microsoft seizes phishing-kit domains, Maricopa apology claim false.
The Navy awarded $743.6 million in SLCM-N prototype OTAs on Sept. 23, 2026, splitting missile and canister work among five firms through Dec. 31, 2027.
Drones sink HS Dignity and hit Chelsea 3 in the Black Sea off Bulgaria, leaving 11 sailors missing as attacks move closer to a NATO coast.
Trump’s Russian diesel agreement: about 4.8M tons, a 180-day sanctions license through April 7, 2027, thin price impact, and sharp reactions.
Trump announces an immediate Russia–Ukraine energy ceasefire; Kyiv says it was news, offers written guarantees, and reports strikes after the post.
Seimas advances repeal of Article 137, which bars nuclear arms and foreign bases; a final vote is set for Jan. 12 as the Kremlin warns of escalation.
A sourced catalogue of Russian statements and documents on NATO, from the 2021 draft treaties to the 2026 Kaliningrad warnings, with NATO’s replies.
President Trump signed the Russia and Iran sanctions act on Sept. 18. Here is what it requires, how it passed 86-11 and 262-159, and what remains unsettled.
The Pentagon’s new Autonomous Warfare Command, Britain’s Ukraine data deal and Russia’s jet drones show AI and autonomy reshaping the battlefield.
The Army’s $58.6B PAC-3 MSE deal aims to triple Patriot interceptor output by 2030 as the Iran war and Ukraine drain stocks and allies seek their own lines.
The first Columbia-class missile submarine is tracking to a 2028 delivery after delays, with a $29.5B order for five more boats and a strained workforce.
The Army’s M1E3 Abrams swaps the turbine for hybrid power and an autoloader crew of three. Soldier tests begin this fall, with production possibly in 2027.
Two B-21 Raiders are flying, a new Utah plant is open and Ellsworth gets the first jet in 2027, while the Pentagon weighs a fleet far bigger than 100.
A Russian document threatens nuclear use if NATO cuts off Kaliningrad; Rutte tells Moscow to stop nuclear threats as Marines bolster Baltic Sentry.
Rutte says NATO will stop using high-end jets against low-cost drones as Russia’s barrage on Ukraine again scrambles aircraft in Poland and Romania.
Treasury targets 10 weapons procurers for Iran’s defense ministry; State designates Russia’s Yakovlev and MG-Flot and offers $15 million over IRGC finances.
Putin envoy Kirill Dmitriev held what a US official called constructive talks on ending the Ukraine war and postwar energy deals, as strikes on Kyiv go on.
Russian hybrid attacks on NATO states are rising, from drone incursions to sabotage, as Moscow stakes its Ukraine war on a winter strike campaign.
Sergei Lavrov told the UN Security Council Russia will not pause the war for talks, as Marco Rubio said both sides show interest in limited ceasefires.
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