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Potential Northern Offensive, Exotic Proposals, Hardening Positions and a Distracted Superpower. The Big Five 30 August edition
2+ week, 6+ hour ago (931+ words) And in the Pacific, nations from Japan to Australia, Indonesia to China, are preparing for a long contest ahead. Welcome to this week’s edition of The Big Five. Let’s assume for a moment that the Russians do decide to launch…...
Building Strategic Depth, Longer Range Sanctions, Putin’s Speech and North Korean Learning About Modern War. The Big Five, 23 August edition
3+ week, 7+ hour ago (1184+ words) Criticism matters not only for what it says, but for where it leads. Wang Wen-sheng, 18 August 2026. In the Pacific, a shortened military exercise was conducted in South Korea, with a senior allied officer acknowledging that the training activity was partially…...