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Pentagon’s new drone program aims to match battlefield speed with real-time innovation
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The U.S. Department of Defense has launched an ambitious new program designed to dramatically speed up the...
Read moreU.S. Army develops virtual drone training to keep pace with battlefield demands
WIESBADEN (Realist English). As unmanned systems take center stage in modern warfare, U.S. Army units are racing to create effective...
Read moreHegseth outlines U.S. Indo-Pacific vision, warns of China threat at Shangri-La Dialogue
SINGAPORE (Realist English). U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth delivered a forceful address at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, setting...
Read moreChina’s Lhasa destroyer enters next-gen warfare era with airborne radar integration
BEIJING (Realist English). China has unveiled a major leap in its naval warfare capability, confirming that its most advanced destroyer,...
Read moreTrump and Rubio move to dismantle National Security Council
WASHINGTON (Realist English). President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are spearheading a dramatic restructuring of the National...
Read moreTrump unveils $175 billion ‘Golden Dome’ missile shield project with U.S. allies and generals
WASHINGTON (Realist English). President Donald Trump on Tuesday formally unveiled his long-anticipated homeland missile defense initiative, dubbed "Golden Dome", a...
Read moreU.S. military shifts toward special operations model under Trump-era reforms
TAMPA (Realist English). Special operations forces are no longer a tactical niche within the U.S. military. Under reforms accelerated during...
Read moreGermany pledges 5% of GDP to defense in sharp shift under new Chancellor Merz
ANTALYA (Realist English). In a dramatic turn that stunned NATO allies, Germany’s new chancellor Friedrich Merz has committed to ramping...
Read moreAndrey Mordvichev appointed new commander of Russian Ground Forces
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed Colonel General Andrey Mordvichev as the new Commander-in-Chief of the Ground...
Read moreMacron signals openness to stationing French nuclear weapons abroad
PARIS (Realist English). French President Emmanuel Macron has announced his readiness to initiate formal discussions with European allies about the...
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Metropolitan Shio Moudjiri elected Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church
TBILISI (Realist English). On 11 May, Georgia saw the succession of the head of its Orthodox Church for the first time...
Armenian battalion named after Marshal Bagramyan established in Donetsk: veterans of Abkhazia hand over their banner to Donbas volunteers
MOSCOW (Realist English). On 6 May, a historic ceremony of handing over a battle banner took place at the Cathedral of...
Sheaito Moussallam: Iran is the main obstacle to Greater Israel
BEIRUT (Realist English). The Middle East today is an echo of exploding bombs, diplomatic dead ends, and dozens of contradictory interpretations...
‘Capitalism is facing a crisis of legitimacy’: Larry Fink on inequality, AI and the evolution of markets
NEW YORK (Realist English). Larry Fink, founder and CEO of BlackRock, the world's largest investment company with $14 trillion in assets...
Lula and Trump Find “Chemistry” as China Is Pushed Out of Latin America
BRASILIA (Realist English). Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazil’s popular left‑wing president, recently visited the United States. Contrary to sceptical forecasts,...
Can Trump Get a New Nuclear Deal With Iran?
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Since the US and Israeli war against Iran began in late February 2026, President Donald Trump has struggled...
Oil Shock Worsens the Plight of the Poor in Asia and Africa
MOSCOW (Realist English). The conflict in the Middle East, triggered by a joint US-Israeli military operation against Iran, has led to...
Baku hysteria: Aliyev demands Russia remove Nagorno-Karabakh from Channel One map
BAKU (Realist English). Another bout of political allergy has struck Baku. Ilham Aliyev's dictatorial regime demanded "clear explanations" from Russia after...
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