THE TWO MAPS THAT PROVE RUSSIA ISN’T WINNING AND UKRIANE ISN’T LOSING IN 2025

Lots of people make a lot of claims, but cold, hard, territorial realities in a war of conquest shatter much…

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A Comeback and Some Accountability on Past Coverage on Ukraine and the U.S. Elections

Some long-overdue housekeeping: why I’ve been absent and the elephants in the room on my Ukraine and 2024 election coverage…

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Kursk-Belgorod Operation: Ukraine’s Transformational Ace Up Its Sleeve

The relative inactivity post-U.S. aid package passing was partly a given, as Ukraine would obviously need some time to receive…

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Petty Feuding Between Trone and Alsobrooks Does Not Honor Ben Cardin’s Legacy. Vote for Me Instead!

The problems with how the two Maryland Democratic U.S. Senate Primary frontrunners treat each other and with their resumes Yes,…

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Sad Realities but Plenty of Reason to Hope As Russia’s Escalatory Ukraine Invasion Enters Third Year

The U.S. was Ukraine’s strongest ally until Trump MAGA Republicans began blocking aid, resulting in Ukraine struggling in ways not…

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The Real Context News Podcast #12: Rula Jebreal—Palestinian Journalist, Analyst, & Author—on Palestine and Israel

By Brian E. Frydenborg (LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter @bfry1981, YouTube)  January 6, 2024 (recorded December 29, 2023 intro/conclusion recorded January 5, 2024); see Brian’s other coverage the…

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The Real Context News Podcast #10: Journalist Noga Tarnopolsky on Israel’s 2 Wars: One vs. Hamas & One vs. Netanyahu

By Brian E. Frydenborg (LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter @bfry1981, YouTube)  December 26, 2023 (recorded December 17, intro/conclusion recorded December 25); see Brian’s other coverage the…

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The Geopolitics, Politics, and Military Realities of the Past Year of U.S. Arms Transfers, Sales, and Authorizations to Taiwan

October 29, 2023 Brian E. Frydenborg A Special Commissioned Report of Real Context News Intelligence (PDF version here) by Brian E. Frydenborg (Twitter @bfry1981, LinkedIn, Facebook, Substack with…

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6 Steps for Israel to Take to Still Win, but with Far Better Outcomes for Itself and Gaza

A catastrophe at a hospital, regardless of its cause, highlights the need for careful, not rash action, on the part…

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There Is No “Stalemate” In Ukraine: Ukraine Still Winning, Russia Still Losing

Slow but steady progress is just that, not a “stalemate,” and the dynamics still overwhelmingly favor Ukraine (Russian/Русский перевод; Если вы…

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TRUMP INDICTED FOR FEDERAL ELECTION CRIMES BY SPECIAL COUNSEL JACK SMITH—Read Full Indictment Here

Finally, the cases expertly made by House impeachment managers during Trump’s second impeachment trail and and the bipartisan January 6…

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From Orwell in Spain to Trump and Putin: Orwell as Antidote to Stalinism and Fascism, Then and Now

From Stalinist show-trials in Spain to Jim Jordan’s Judiciary Committee, history is repeating itself and it is terrifying as Trump,…

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TRUMP INDICTED ON 37 FEDERAL CRIMINAL COUNTS BY SPECIAL COUNSEL JACK SMITH—Read Full Indictment Here

Finally, the pretty open-and-shut classified records case has blown up in Trump’s face as his first federal indictment was unsealed…

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The Post-Putin World Will Be So Much Better than This One

Imagining a post-Putin world is not as hard as many would think and would be better for everyone, including Russia…

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Offensive Smensive: 8 Reasons Why Russia’s Expected Offensive Cannot Succeed

Enough with the “Russian offensive” hype.  Whatever the Kremlin manages to stitch together in the coming weeks and months, there…

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