As Washington Pulls Back in Asia, Who Fills the Space?
The last U.S. aircraft carrier in the western Pacific is heading to the Middle East. Trump is cutting exercises with South Korea while praising Kim Jong Un. North Korea is still testing missiles. Russia is challenging Japan. And China has little reason to object.
America Is Redefining What It Means to Be an Ally
Washington is testing NATO countries for political alignment, putting an outspoken critic of Western Europe atop State Department intelligence, and taxing foreign drones just weeks after promising to buy Ukraine’s. Europe is beginning to respond — but mostly by preparing for a future in which American support can no longerLatest Articles
ONEST Brief: U.S. cuts Korea drills and escalates its fight with the ICC
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As Washington Pulls Back in Asia, Who Fills the Space?
The last U.S. aircraft carrier in the western Pacific is heading to the Middle East. Trump is cutting exercises with South Korea while praising Kim Jong Un. North Korea is still testing missiles. Russia is challenging Japan. And China has little reason to object.
America Is Redefining What It Means to Be an Ally
Washington is testing NATO countries for political alignment, putting an outspoken critic of Western Europe atop State Department intelligence, and taxing foreign drones just weeks after promising to buy Ukraine’s. Europe is beginning to respond — but mostly by preparing for a future in which American support can no longer
ONEST Brief: Foreign Troops in Lebanon, Türkiye-Saudi-Pakistan Military Pact, Ukraine’s Drones Beat U.S. Forces in Training
The security architecture of the Middle East is shifting quickly. Israel and Lebanon are discussing foreign personnel to verify Hezbollah’s disarmament — but cannot yet agree on who would command them. Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan are moving their new mutual-defense pact from political declaration toward actual military coordination.
North Korea Is No Longer Just Arming Russia. It Is Becoming Part of Russia’s War Machine.
Watch this analysis on YouTube For much of the war in Ukraine, North Korea’s role could be described relatively simply: Pyongyang supplied weapons that Moscow needed. That description is becoming obsolete. North Korean artillery shells are feeding Russian guns. North Korean ballistic missiles are striking Ukraine. North Korean soldiers
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ONEST Brief: U.S. cuts Korea drills and escalates its fight with the ICC
PEOPLE BEHIND THE MOMENT Before the news: something new from ONEST. I’m launching People Behind the Moment — a new series built around a simple idea: behind every institution, business, crisis, headline and ordinary day are people doing work we rarely stop to notice. We spend so much time talking
As Washington Pulls Back in Asia, Who Fills the Space?
The last U.S. aircraft carrier in the western Pacific is heading to the Middle East. Trump is cutting exercises with South Korea while praising Kim Jong Un. North Korea is still testing missiles. Russia is challenging Japan. And China has little reason to object.
America Is Redefining What It Means to Be an Ally
Washington is testing NATO countries for political alignment, putting an outspoken critic of Western Europe atop State Department intelligence, and taxing foreign drones just weeks after promising to buy Ukraine’s. Europe is beginning to respond — but mostly by preparing for a future in which American support can no longer
ONEST Brief: Foreign Troops in Lebanon, Türkiye-Saudi-Pakistan Military Pact, Ukraine’s Drones Beat U.S. Forces in Training
The security architecture of the Middle East is shifting quickly. Israel and Lebanon are discussing foreign personnel to verify Hezbollah’s disarmament — but cannot yet agree on who would command them. Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan are moving their new mutual-defense pact from political declaration toward actual military coordination.
North Korea Is No Longer Just Arming Russia. It Is Becoming Part of Russia’s War Machine.
Watch this analysis on YouTube For much of the war in Ukraine, North Korea’s role could be described relatively simply: Pyongyang supplied weapons that Moscow needed. That description is becoming obsolete. North Korean artillery shells are feeding Russian guns. North Korean ballistic missiles are striking Ukraine. North Korean soldiers
