Cipher The Future of War Is Now: What Washington Needs to Hear from the Battlefield April 30, 2026 / May 3, 2026 by valadmin OPINION — The February snow was over a week old but still piled heavy on the roads and sidewalks of Independence Avenue, the kind of stubborn Washington winter that refuses to yield to DC’s imperium, turning the capital’s marble grandeur into a grey, grimy obstacle course of frozen slush and ice-crusted curbs. We had back-to-back […] Read more »
Kyiv Post Ukraine Is Not Just Europe’s Shield – It’s the West’s Sharpest Tool Against China’s Global Proxy Network April 24, 2026 / May 2, 2026 by valadmin In pursuing its own survival, Ukraine’s military technology ecosystem is capable of quietly pressuring Chinese proxies without triggering the types of escalatory dynamics that restrict US action. Read more »
Cipher Ukraine’s Winter War Is the World’s Test — and America Can’t Afford to Blink April 15, 2026 / May 2, 2026 by valadmin OPINION — Two weeks ago, my colleagues and I stood in Dnipro while warning sirens cut across the city and Shahed drones screamed overhead. We had come as a medical-humanitarian delegation to inspect trauma centers that receive the worst of the front’s casualties Read more »
Cipher From the Front Lines of Ukraine: A Soldier’s Warning to America April 11, 2026 / May 2, 2026 by valadmin The fight in Ukraine offers a glimpse of future war and a former U.S. soldier says the U.S. is unprepared Read more »
ResearchGate War against superbugs, stopping them before they stop us: a biological warfare approach to safeguard European biosecurity April 11, 2026 / May 2, 2026 by valadmin Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has transformed both the modern battlefield and the microbial environment surrounding the war-wounded. Explosive injuries, prolonged evacuation, and limited opportunities for early decontamination have contributed to an unprecedented rise in multidrug-resistant organism (MDRO) infections. This paper describes how routine infection prevention and control (IPC) and antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) systems have […] Read more »