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Terminal Altitude: Why Ukraine’s Fighter Fleet Will Collapse Without Immediate U.S. Reengagement

Terminal Altitude: Why Ukraine’s Fighter Fleet Will Collapse Without Immediate U.S. Reengagement1. Executive Summary On April 12, 2025, Captain Pavlo Ivanov, a 26-year-old Ukrainian Air Force pilot, was killed while flying a U.S.-donated F-16 on a combat mission. He was…

The Detour Doctrine: Why Canada and Mexico Are Replacing U.S. Trade Infrastructure

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The Detour Doctrine: Why Canada and Mexico Are Replacing U.S. Trade Infrastructure 1. Executive Breakdown: The New Silk Detour On April 2, 2025, President Donald J. Trump announced a sweeping new trade policy branded as “Liberation Day”, launching the Reciprocal…

Strategic Retreat: How the Business Development Bank of Canada Betrayed the Nation’s Innovation Defences During a Trade War

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Strategic Retreat: How the Business Development Bank of Canada Betrayed the Nation’s Innovation Defences During a Trade War Introduction – Surrender in Silence While Canada drifts headless through its 2025 federal election under the caretaker convention, the Business Development Bank…

The Deep End: Trump, the Great Lakes, and Canada’s Invisible Sovereignty Crisis

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The Deep End: Trump, the Great Lakes, and Canada’s Invisible Sovereignty Crisis I. Introduction – “The Border Beneath the Surface” In the dying days of his first term, Donald Trump floated the idea of buying Greenland. It was absurd—until it…

B-2 Bombers at Diego Garcia: U.S. Escalates Toward War with Iran Amid Houthi Conflict and Israeli Strikes

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B-2 Bombers at Diego Garcia: U.S. Escalates Toward War with Iran Amid Houthi Conflict and Israeli Strikes Executive Summary The sudden deployment of seven B-2 Spirit stealth bombers and seven C-17A Globemaster IIIs to Diego Garcia, a remote U.S. military…

The Empire That Forgot It Was One: JD Vance, Greenland, and the Death of the Rules-Based Order

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The Empire That Forgot It Was One: JD Vance, Greenland, and the Death of the Rules-Based Order I. INTRODUCTION: THE EMPIRE IS NO LONGER SUBTLE This isn’t a drill. This isn’t a weird headline you laugh at and scroll past…

ISR: The Eyes of a Dying Empire: How America Watched the World Burn—One Thermal Feed at a Time

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ISR: The Eyes of a Dying Empire: How America Watched the World Burn—One Thermal Feed at a Time I. Prologue: The Empire That Watched Itself Die A drone orbits over a parched village outside Kismayo.The feed is clean.The horizon shimmers…

The Trump Doctrine: Isolationism, Dominance, and the Death of Partnership

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The Trump Doctrine: Isolationism, Dominance, and the Death of Partnership 1. Executive Summary The so-called “Trump Doctrine” has often been mischaracterized as incoherent, improvisational, or purely reactive. In reality, it is one of the most brutally consistent strategic frameworks to…