Dmitri Drobnitsky

Dmitri Drobnitsky20.10.2026

The Starshield Controversy and the Question of Presidential Authority. Reuters appears to be pursuing a sustained effort to establish one politically consequential proposition: that an order to restrict Ukraine’s access to SpaceX’s Starshield services originated in the White House, but not with President Donald Trump. A new Reuters report, already generating considerable discussion in the […]

Dmitri Drobnitsky01.10.2026

In America’s biggest oil-producing state, diesel is becoming both scarce and painfully expensive. Texas, a state more accustomed to supplying America with fuel than worrying about running short of it, has declared an emergency over diesel. Greg Abbott, the Republican governor, has issued a statewide disaster proclamation for 30 days, which can be extended. The […]

Dmitri Drobnitsky14.09.2026

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Whom he works for now is unclear. But his central message was unmistakable: the United States and the West need more drones—and more new technology. Dan Driscoll, who stepped down as U.S. Secretary of the Army on September 2, appeared at the conference of the so-called Yalta European Strategy in Kyiv alongside former Google CEO […]

Dmitri Drobnitsky10.09.2026

The Republican Party is slowly shedding the original version of Trumpism. And Tucker Carlson has become toxic to political careers. J.D. Vance is not apologizing for his friendship with Carlson—at least not yet. But he is making it clear that he does not agree with him. Vice President J.D. Vance has increasingly been filling in […]

Dmitri Drobnitsky24.08.2026

The United States and Canada—Donald Trump and Mark Carney—have failed to agree on new terms for their trade and tariff arrangements. Both sides are now blaming the other. Mr Trump says Canada is demanding “privileges like those of a US state without actually being one”. Mr Carney, Canada’s prime minister, argues that the new terms […]

Dmitri Drobnitsky20.08.2026

Trump family firm partners with Chinese AI model provider as Washington presses allies to choose sides. A company partly owned by members of President Trump’s family is doing business with a Hong Kong-based provider of Chinese artificial intelligence models — even as the Trump administration prepares to urge dozens of countries to choose between the […]

Dmitri Drobnitsky16.08.2026

Israel–UK relations have deteriorated sharply since Andy Burnham became Britain’s new prime minister. In a podcast interview with Israel’s Army Radio (Galei Tzahal), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched a broadside against Britain’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, and Britain more generally. “Islamic Republic of Britain” “Go to Britain today and you will see that […]

Dmitri Drobnitsky11.08.2026

The more interesting question Is what happens to the Democrats. A Republican Party Leader Bets on November It is hardly unusual for the chairman of the Republican National Committee to argue with a Democratic strategist about who will win the November midterm elections. The more interesting question is this: Can the Democratic Party take power […]

Dmitri Drobnitsky05.08.2026

America’s water infrastructure has become the latest reminder that in cyberspace, the greatest vulnerability is often not an adversary’s sophistication but one’s own complacency. A cyber incident affecting water and wastewater facilities in seven states has exposed weaknesses in the digital systems that underpin essential public services. Although speculation quickly turned to Iranian hackers, the […]

Dmitri Drobnitsky24.07.2026

More precisely, the administration is reinstating tariffs that had previously been imposed on a temporary basis following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling. According to the White House, tariffs ranging from 10% to 12.5% will be applied to a number of U.S. trading partners. Roughly 60 countries, including members of the European Union, will be affected. […]

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Who Is Really Calling the Shots?

Texas Declares a Diesel Emergency

Former US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll in Ukraine

Vance Has a Problem: His Friendship with Tucker Carlson

Trump, Carney and the Limits of Tariff Power

Trump is Interested in Chinese AI

Netanyahu Calls Britain an “Islamic Country with Nuclear Weapons”

The Collapse of the American Two-Party System

America’s Water Systems Have a Cybersecurity Problem

Trump Reimposes Tariffs on 60 Countries

Who Is Really Calling the Shots?

Ukraine: From Nation-State to Diasporic Nation

Diesel Fever Grips The World

A Minor Breakdown