Recent revelations that Russia introduced a blacklist” of countries where recruitment for the Russian military is prohibited—while leaving several African states outside the ban—indicate a recalibration rather than a retreat…
A large-scale U.S.–Israel ground invasion of Iran is unlikely in the near term. What is plausible—and already being signaled in open reporting—is a limited “ground-enabled” campaign: air/missile strikes combined with Kurdish (and potentially other peripheral) armed groups opening…
The shortage of personnel remains one of the most serious challenges facing the Bundeswehr. The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces of Germany, Henning Otte, has released a new report on the…
The Use of Stimulants in Russian Armed Forces Units The Main Military Medical Directorate of the Russian Ministry of Defense has issued methodological guidelines on the pharmacological adjustment of servicemen’s performance. These guidelines…
Iran is fighting on two fronts at once: an external war (U.S.–Israel strikes and ensuing Iranian retaliation) and an internal succession crisis triggered by the killing of Supreme Leader Ali…
Key Findings Systemic Breakdown Dynamics Russia’s oil industry faces the risk of a technical shutdown by mid-spring 2026 due to critical saturation of all available storage infrastructure and the inability to rapidly…
