Munich Security Conference: Zelenskyy says Ukraine 'needs date' for EU accession, aims for 2027

Catch up on what happened during the second day of the 2026 edition of the Munich Security Conference where Marco Rubio, ...
London Review of Books

Guns, Money and Opium

There is an undeniable symmetry between surges in drug use in the US and the country’s covert operations overseas.
Greek Reporter

The Greek Conquistadors Who Fought in the Spanish Army

After Constantinople, first settled by Greeks as Byzantium, fell to the Ottomans, many Greeks joined the Spanish army as ...

UNICEF warns that child recruitment by armed groups in Haiti tripled last year

UNICEF says that the recruitment of children by armed groups in Haiti tripled last year as poverty and violence deepens ...

‘We have full-scale urban warfare going on,' U.S. envoy to Haiti tells Congress

Security is paramount for Haiti's stability. But the "gains will be fleeting without improved economic conditions to sustain Haitian society and economic and security," ...
Latin Times on MSN

U.S. Official In Haiti Concedes That Mercenaries Have Achieved Gains In 'Urban Combat Operations' But Clarifies Trump Admin Is Not Involved

The top U.S. official in Haiti conceded that mercenaries from the country are operating in the beleaguered Caribbean country but clarified the Trump administration has no ties with them.
Defense One

The D Brief: More maritime strikes, seizure; Warships off Haiti; US official hints at new nukes; Introducing ‘Fictional Intelligence’; And a bit more.

Army moves to link a full division with its next-gen C2 prototype. The 4th Infantry Division is working to scale testing of the Army’s next-generation command-and-control system from a battalion to ...
The Cipher Brief

From the Monroe Doctrine to Maduro: The Precedent Problem in U.S.

More than a century ago, Elihu Root warned that American power was outrunning the institutions meant to govern it. Root held unique authority on this question. As both Secretary of War and Secretary ...