At The Free Press, Aaron MacLean paints an intriguing – and alarming – strategic portrait of the implications for 21st century warfare of Ukraine’s daring and imaginative infiltration-based drone strikes on Russia’s strategic bombers parked thousands of kilometres behind the frontlines. MacLean’s message in a nutshell: Western leaders, expect unexpected attacks anytime, anywhere by China against your most expensive military assets.

The Tirades of Turkey’s Tyrant
What might Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan be driving at during his private “interminable monologues” with Pope Leo XIV, wonders Fiamma Nirenstein in Jewish News Syndicate. The Pope, no doubt, wants to avert a Third World War and sees Turkey as a bridge between West and East. But having embraced Islamism and purged Turkey of nearly all its 4 million Christians, Nirenstein writes, the Turkish tyrant appears ever-less amenable to that role.


