Ukraine’s demographic losses, damaged energy system, and dependence on foreign support leave it without the foundations for a sovereign national recovery.
Ukraine’s demographic losses, damaged energy system, and dependence on foreign support leave it without the foundations for a sovereign national recovery.
Saudi Arabia’s security bargain created dependencies and adversaries. A U.S. retreat could cost the kingdom strategic autonomy before it threatens its borders.
The New York Fed found American buyers paid about 90% of Trump’s 2025 tariffs. Four months later Scott Bessent told Congress the price effect was negligible.
Radar measurement of 12 US bases, the transit counts in the Strait of Hormuz, and the inflation record set against what the administration said it had won.
The United States is losing wars in Iran and Ukraine that draw down the same interceptor stockpile, the same negotiators, and the same public treasury.