By: Gavin Thorne – SeaPRwire – Trade talks between the United States and Canada collapsed. Fifty-percent tariffs on twenty billion dollars of Canadian goods are now live. American media across the spectrum describe the same casualty. Trust between the two countries is the first thing that broke. The political damage may already outrun the economic […]
By: Gavin Thorne – SeaPRwire – The clock almost ran out. Two hours before the 50 percent tariffs were set to hit Canadian goods, the White House blinked. Donald Trump pushed the deadline from 12:01 a.m. Eastern on August 19 to August 22. That is not a settlement. It is a pause that leaves every […]
By: Gavin Thorne – SeaPRwire – The old American assumption in the Indo-Pacific is dead. For nearly eighty years it rested on a single idea: forward bases running from Japan through the first island chain to Guam could deliver decisive force. That idea has collapsed. Not from lack of political will or money. It collapsed […]
By: Gavin Thorne – SeaPRwire – The pressure on the Ceuta line never fully eased after late July. False information about Spanish border policy spread on social media. Roughly eighty thousand people tried to cross from Morocco into the Spanish enclave. Many swam. At least ninety-six died. Spain recorded one of its most serious recent […]
By: Gavin Thorne – SeaPRwire – The USS Roosevelt now carries the first fully operational unmanned aviation warfare center in the US fleet. Pentagon paperwork calls it ready for the MQ-25A. That label feels thin. The program began in 2006. Initial operational capability was promised for 2024. It now sits in fiscal 2030. Turkey already […]
By: Gavin Thorne – SeaPRwire – A mutual defense clause just landed in Mecca. Saudi Crown Prince Salman, Turkish President Erdogan, and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz signed it on August 7. An armed attack on any one of them now counts as an attack on all three. Western outlets immediately labeled it a Middle East […]
By: Gavin Thorne – SeaPRwire – The latest Realmeter numbers landed like a quiet slap. On August 3 the pollster released results showing President Lee Jae-myung’s job approval at 45.9 percent. That is the lowest mark since he took office. Disapproval hit 50.5 percent. For the first time the negative figure sat outside the margin […]
By: Gavin Thorne – SeaPRwire – Three people died inside a restaurant on the ground floor of one of Moscow’s most recognisable buildings. Twenty-one more were hurt. The Russian National Anti-Terrorism Committee says a woman tried to walk in carrying a homemade explosive device. Security stopped her. The device then went off. That is the […]
By: Gavin Thorne – SeaPRwire – Houthi forces just showed they can still choke Saudi shipping at will. Eight oil tankers turned around and headed back to their starting ports. That is not a bluff. It is a working embargo in the Red Sea. On 31 July the Houthi spokesperson Yahya posted on social media. […]
By: Gavin Thorne – SeaPRwire – Saudi Arabia just put a 14-nation maritime alliance on the table. The move answers a direct threat to its oil route through the Bab el-Mandeb. Houthis declared a maritime blockade on Saudi shipping last week. They also claimed attacks on several Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea. Riyadh […]
By: Gavin Thorne – SeaPRwire – Zelenskyy just closed the gap between supply and participation. He says Iran transferred drones and technology from the first year of the conflict. He calls that an attack already delivered. The maritime strike on an Iranian ship sits in the same week. The caution against a new front follows […]
By: Gavin Thorne – SeaPRwire – Washington’s strategic anxiety over critical mineral security has reached a fever pitch. A ticking clock hangs over federal procurement offices and defense contractors, driven by an inflexible deadline just five months away. On January 1, federal regulations mandate an immediate halt to all purchases of rare earths, magnets, tungsten, […]