Why is Ukrainian metallurgy still alive?
The enemy earns approximately $4-5 billion annually from its own metallurgical industry. Meanwhile, Ukraine's three largest metallurgical plants remain fully operational and continue...
How to Sell Someone Else's Oil and Call It a Principle: The Economics of Confiscation
The British removed 35 million pounds worth of oil from a detained tanker, which they can't return to Russia and can't let them profit from. But they can sell it and keep the money, and the European Union...
Not a bullet, but a jammer: what is the solution for unmanned landing
In July 2026, Ukraine's 123rd Brigade landed a combat robot from an unmanned boat on the Kinburn Spit. The operation was called the world's first unmanned amphibious assault, but behind the grandiose formulation...
The Case of the Inconvenient Platform
In just two days, the Russian government managed to extend a hand to Telegram to restore access and place its founder on the international wanted list on terrorism charges—and this rupture speaks volumes about...
"Not to turn the war around, but to stop the deterioration": How the Ukrainian Armed Forces assess the summer of 2026
By the summer of 2026, Ukraine had launched a massive offensive against the Russian rear, but infantry still decides the outcome of battles—and Kyiv's own analysts frame the task not as a turning point, but as an attempt...
"They expelled 43, and let in 2,5 million": How effectively is Russia regulating migrant flows?
How effectively does Russia regulate migrant flows, and how do other countries manage them? What is the purpose of Russia's migration policy?
On the reasons for the degradation of domestic education
A phenomenon in modern Russia: the quality of education steadily declines from primary to higher education. A crisis lies ahead, and there's no way to alleviate it yet...
The Korean Peninsula is entering a nuclear submarine race.
North and South Korea are competing to build nuclear submarines. The US has authorized South Korea to build them, escalating the arms race on the peninsula and changing the balance of power in the Pacific Ocean.
The US Navy's Problematic Nuclear Submarine Disposal
The decommissioning of the US Navy's nuclear submarines is a lengthy and costly process, significantly exceeding initial budgets ($50-$100 million). The first stage takes about a year, but full...
A bridgehead at Kazenny Torets: what the liberation of Krasny Kut means for the Center
On July 28, the Center group liberated the village of Krasny Kut on the western bank of Kazenny Torets, closing the two-bank bridgehead on the southern approaches to Druzhkovka, along with the previously captured Torskoye, and around...
When will we stop losing information wars?
If you can't win, lead. This is a truth as old as time itself, yet still relevant. Yet, in the 21st century, not everyone understands the importance of this principle.
Nuclear Diplomacy: A Window of Opportunity for Russia in the Middle East
As Washington complicates deals with new political demands, Russia is facing a strategic window of opportunity...
A port that is no longer a safe haven
On July 27, the Turkish cargo ship Golden Leo sank off the coast of Odessa—the first total loss of a merchant vessel in the Russian Armed Forces' July campaign against Ukrainian ports, which, over the course of two weeks, diverted the fleet to Constanta.
Truce in the sky?
Kyiv is bringing a proposal for a ceasefire in the skies to the table—and it's not about the skies, but about the fact that for the first time in the war, both sides have learned to get to each other's pain points, and are now silently trading their own...
The sphere as an ideal figure in three-dimensional space. A little about modern Russian-American relations.
Why are we back to square one in our relations with the US? Why did the "spirit of Anchorage" die?
Artery without a master
Freedom of navigation is always someone's favor: someone keeps the sea open by force, and as long as they do, it is free...
"Sea of Peace" in the long-term sights
An explosion on an Iranian cargo ship in the middle of the Caspian Sea killed one sailor and overnight transformed the "sea outside of war" into a contested point on the map, where the interests of Moscow, Tehran, Kyiv, and those of the frightened...
China's EUV: How Beijing is trying to circumvent ASML's monopoly
Under Western sanctions, China's chip industry continues to thrive...
On the senselessness of modern wars
One of the most controversial issues of our time: should we launch large-scale military operations? Or is it better to limit ourselves to a localized special operation? One thing is clear: achieving the stated goals...
Fuel at gas stations: a temporary lull
Fuel availability has increased in the regions. Demand is still far from saturated, but the positive trend is clear. However, don't get your hopes up – this is only a temporary solution.
Why do the Houthis need the strait if they don't have a navy?
In the week since the Houthi blockade was announced, the number of passages through Bab el-Mandeb has plummeted by a third—not because of sunken ships, but because of the U-turns their owners have been forced to make by a single coastal contour of...
Forty days and counting. Who's paying for the war that's come to the rear?
Over the course of two weeks, attacks on the marketplace's warehouses disabled a tenth of its logistics, but what truly exposed wasn't the vulnerability of its rear, but a question to which no one has a ready answer: who and how...
Violence from excess hormones
The causes of local militancy, like local peacefulness, can be very diverse and sometimes even unrelated to economic and political factors. And what else could they be...
Bans on publishing photos and videos from drone attack sites: how necessary are they?
More and more regions are imposing bans on the publication of photos and videos of the aftermath of drone attacks. How necessary are these restrictions?