Two U.S. Navy aviators ejected while landing on USS Dwight D. Eisenhower off the coast of Virginia, and four sailors aboard were also injured in the mishap.
Geopolitical history shows that maritime charts follow guns, not forgettable diplomatic press releases. By discarding decades of State Department passivity, President Donald Trump can stamp his name on the Strait of Hormuz permanently. Ultimately, the sovereign power that physically occupies the rugged Musandam Peninsula dictates the geography of global commerce — leaving Washington to either […]
Few Americans know that on July 2, 1866, Massachusetts Rep. Nathaniel P. Banks introduced H.R. 754 to annex British North America. Washington had just concluded the “Reciprocity Treaty,” so Banks considered it ideal to offer markets and citizenship in exchange for soil. Congress ultimately tabled the bill, but the raw geopolitical threat forced a Canadian […]
