New York Federal Reserve President John Williams now says inflation has likely peaked and that monetary policy is “well positioned” to bring inflation back toward the Fed’s 2% objective. Williams acknowledged inflation remains “unquestionably too high,” but argued that the worst of the tariff effects have passed, housing inflation is moderating, oil prices have peaked, […]

The world is a little safer today. U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham died on Saturday, July 11th, 2026 at the age of 71 the day after he visited Ukraine’s drone production company, SkyFall, named after the James Bond Movie. SkyFall is a Ukrainian defense technology company involved in developing and manufacturing advanced unmanned systems for the […]

Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Poland, and Greece are projected to exceed NATO’s new 3.5% core-defense spending target this year, nearly a decade ahead of the 2035 deadline. Lithuania is projected at 5.33% of GDP, Estonia 5.1%, Latvia 4.92%, Poland 4.68%, and Greece 3.65%. These are not small accounting changes. This is the militarization of Europe before […]

Spain’s latest position perfectly illustrates what has become one of the great contradictions within NATO. Madrid wants Europe to build its own military capable of acting independently of Washington, yet Spain has consistently resisted NATO’s higher defense spending targets while expecting the alliance to continue providing collective security. Spain is again championing the idea of […]

Europe’s united front behind Zelensky is beginning to crack, and this time it is not because of money or weapons. It is because of history. The Czech opposition party SPD has demanded that President Petr Pavel revoke the Order of the White Lion, the country’s highest state honor, that was awarded to Volodymyr Zelensky. The […]

History shows that war rarely breaks out in times of widespread prosperity (fat & happy). When economic conditions deteriorate, civil unrest, revolution, and international conflict tend to follow. This isn’t a matter of opinion, it’s a pattern observable across centuries of global history. As economies contract, public frustration mounts, and long-simmering grievances resurface with explosive […]

Military strategists are still fighting the last war while the battlefield has already changed. Every major conflict throughout history has been defined by a technological revolution. Gunpowder ended the age of castles. Tanks transformed World War II. Precision missiles reshaped modern warfare. Now we have entered the age of the drone. The military that cannot […]

Denying asylum to conscripted Ukrainians is not discrimination, – European Commission ▪️European Commissioner for Internal Affairs Magnus Brunnner refused to recognize as discriminatory the planned measure to deny temporary asylum on the territory of European Union countries to… pic.twitter.com/ioaOR04kW7 — S p r i n t e r (@SprinterPress) June 26, 2026 Europe welcomed millions […]

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius declared that “not all deployed soldiers will be volunteers” as Germany continues expanding its military presence in Lithuania. For years, the public was told that military service would remain voluntary. Pistorius is openly stating that a military conscription is coming. Some may believe this is solely about soldiers volunteering to […]

UK Defence Secretary John Healey suddenly resigned because the government cannot find the money to fund military commitments. In his resignation letter, he openly accused Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the Treasury of refusing to commit the resources needed to defend the country at a time of rising geopolitical tensions. When a defence minister quits […]