WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on April 24, 2025: * * * North Korea: Revisionist Ambitions and the Changing International Order By Sydney Seiler The emergence of an "Axis of Upheaval" consisting of revisionist states--which, to borrow language from former Secretary of State Antony Blinken, seek to "alter the foundational principles of the international system" while "entrenching autocratic rule" at home--has been emb more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Hegseth Recaps 100 Days of DOD Accomplishments During Speech at War College Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth summarized the Defense Department's accomplishments over the first 100 days of his tenure this morning as he addressed senior-level military student leaders at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The students -- all senior, field-grade officers and civilian equivalents -- are in the more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Kaptur Response To Vance And Rubio Statements On United States Abandoning Peace Talks Unless Ukraine Capitulates Toledo, Ohio -- Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus released the following statement in response to public statements by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance that the United States of America should aban more PR

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following news: * * * Russia's Strategy and Military Thinking: Evolving Discourse by 2025 Executive Summary * Russia's military strategy remains tightly integrated with the Kremlin's overarching political objectives, reflecting President Vladimir Putin's directives. Other institutions primarily reinforce centralized decision-making, within an ideological framework that emphasizes confrontation with the West and legi more PR

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following transcript of an interview on April 22, 2025, by Secretary of State Marco Rubio with Bari Weiss of The Free Press' Honestly with Bari Weiss Podcast: * * * QUESTION: Secretary Rubio, welcome to Honestly. SECRETARY RUBIO: Thank you. QUESTION: I want to start with the report that came out today from Gabe Kaminsky and Maddie Rowley, and it's about this major reorganization that is now underway in your State Department. It i more PR