Washington cannot be fooled. If such a Dmitriev package exists, Putin will terminate it post-Trump. It’s simply an economic Russian version of the Trojan horse. It never ceases to amaze me how naive Steve Witkoff is. #Ukraine #Russia

Our INTREP360 Intelligence Report for 02.06.2026 is live. Today, Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) & I swept the globe looking for the top stories impacting U.S. national security & our allies. Enjoy the Winter Olympics & Super Bowl! We will see you Monday! Link below.

Our INTREP360 Intelligence Report for 02.05.2026 is live. Today, Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) & I reviewed the trilateral so-called peace talks in Abu Dhabi between the U.S., Russia & Ukraine. In U.S. military-speak, it was a trilateral finger drill. Link below.

Our latest INTREP360 Intelligence Report for 02.04.2026 is live. Today, Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) & I focus heavily on Russia & Ukraine. Plus, don’t miss an interesting factoid on China. It’s a MAD world! Link below.

I missed this op ed yesterday from the @nypost.com’s editorial board. It is a brilliant must read re: President Trump needing to send a message to Putin. nypost.com/2026/02/03/o...

Big if true. Khamenei, as ever, keeps overplaying his hand.

Our INTREP360 Intelligence Report for 02.03.2026 is live. Today, Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) & I focus our attention heavily on Russia, Ukraine & Iran. Check out our Panama blurb too. It’s the most underreported story of the day. Until tomorrow! Link below.

Getting hotter in the Mideast. Plus reports IRGC gunboats tied to stop a U.S. oil tanker. www.foxnews.com/world/us-mil...

Trying to make sense of it all in Ukraine? So are we. Then Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) & I decided to follow the oil. Boom! It now makes a lot more sense. Our latest for the @kyivpost.com. Link below.

Our latest INTREP360 Intelligence Report for 02.02.2016 is live. Tonight, in a special edition, Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) & I focus on Iran. It’s definitely Kabuki theater time for Khamenei in Tehran. Link below.

Please join me on @tvpworld.bsky.social at 20:20 CET (1:20PM ET) on their Main Edition of World News. We will be discussing the postponed peace talks in Abu Dahbi, Starlink, & ongoing Russian attacks on Ukraine. tvpworld.com

Please join me on Q News today at 9:30 AM ET. We will be discussing the latest on Iran & the U.S. military buildup in the Middle East & eastern Mediterranean. This segment will be in English. youtube.com/@qnewsegy?si...

Our INTREP360 Intelligence Report for 01.29.2026 is live. Today, as we swept the world, @jonsweet.bsky.social & I couldn’t help but feel we were watching kabuki theater play out on a global stage. Russia, Ukraine Cuba, Iran & elsewhere. Link below.

My latest with Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) at @thehill.com. Team Trump is setting up Europe & Ukraine for a forever war. How? Russia can’t win, Europe won’t decisively act, & Ukraine won’t give up. Link below.

Our INTREP360 Intelligence Report is live for 01.28.2026. Today, @jonsweet.bsky.social & I pause to look at the war in Ukraine from a civilian point of view. Especially since Putin is fighting two wars. One against the AFU & one against Ukrainian civilians. Link below.

Our INTREP360 Intelligence Report for 01.27.2026 is live. Today, @jonsweet.bsky.social & I focus on a global hurricane that is engulfing U.S. national security interests in Europe, the Middle East & in the Indo-Pacific. Putin & Xi are helping to fuel it. Link below.

Our INTREP360 Intelligence Report for 01.26.2026 is live. Today, Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) & I assess the new National Defense Strategy. We were reminded of the African proverb: ‘If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.’ Link below.

Our INTREP360 Intelligence Report for 01.23.2026 is live. Today, Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) circled the globe examining the top stories impacting U.S. national security & that of our allies. This edition is heavy Ukraine & Mideast centric. Link below.

I have not had a chance to review this. It just dropped. Link below.

Our INTREP360 Intelligence Report for 01.22.2026 is live. Today, Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) & I warn that Russia is the same common denominator posing threats in Greenland & Ukraine. Link below.

Please join me in a few minutes on @Qnewseg in Cairo, Egypt to discuss the signing of the Gaza Peace Board. The segment will be in English. youtube.com/@qnewsegy?si...

My latest Thursday 7 AM ET national security column with Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) & I at @TheHill. “Trump decided to come in from the cold. Instead of ditching NATO, as many feared he would, he embraced it.” Smart, needed move. Credit Rutte. thehill.com/opinion/nati...

Our INTREP360 Intelligence Report for 01.21.2026 is live. Today, we tightly focused in a special edition on the growing buildup up U.S. forces in & around Iran. Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) & I will see you tomorrow. Link below.

Our INTREP360 Intelligence Report for 01.20.2026 is live. Today, @jonsweet.bsky.social & I did a sweep around the world tagging & analyzing the tops stories impacting U.S. national security. Updates on Russia, Africa, & the Middle East. Link below.

Please join me on @tvpworld.bsky.social at 3:17PM ET today to discuss President DonaldTrump’s first year in office from a national security & foreign policy standpoint. tvpworld.com

Our INTREP360 Intelligence Report for 01.19.2026 is live. Today, we grade Trump on his national security over the course of his 1st year back in office. See if you agree. @jonsweet.bsky.social & I will be back tomorrow. Please subscribe, comment & share. Link below.

Our INTREP360 Intelligence Report for 01.19.2026 is live. Today, we grade Trump on his national security over the course of his 1st year back in office. See if you agree. @jonsweet.bsky.social & I will be back tomorrow. Please subscribe, comment & share. Link below.

Great must read by @kirichenko.bsky.social at the @kyivpost.com. He fought hard to get this published after it was retracted elsewhere due to pressure by UOC activists. That only made David dig deeper & thanks to @olgalautman.bsky.social & her own research, it became all the more damning. ⬇️

Our INTREP360 Intelligence Report for 01.16.2016 is live. Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) & I circled the globe again today looking for the top stories impacting U.S. national security. Updates include Iran, Ukraine, Russia & Gaza. We will see you Monday. Link below.

Our INTREP360 Intelligence Report for 01.15.2026 is live. Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) & I focused on a glaring deficiency in our country’s National Security Strategy that spans multiple presidents & administrations. We will see you Friday!

My latest with Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) at @thehill.com. Khamenei is beginning to turn the tide with the blood of the innocent Iranian protesters. Link below.

Our INTREP360 Intelligence Report for 01.14.2026 is live. Tonight, we warn that Khamenei may be succeeding in crushing the street rot rate in Iran. We also call out Trump for yet again blaming Zelensky instead of Putin. @jonsweet.bsky.social & I will see you tomorrow! Link below.

Our INTREP360 Intelligence Report for 01.13.2026 is out. Right now, nothing is adding up in Iran. It needs to. Col. @jonsweet.bsky.social, U.S. Army (ret.) & I call on everyone to get on the same page. Re: email edition. My apologies for typos. Hit send before editing! Link below.

Please join me in a few minutes on @Alqaheranewstv news. We will be discussing the latest on Iran & Team Trump’s designation of the Muslim Brotherhood in Lebanon as a foreign terrorist organization. This segment is in Arabic. alqaheranews.net

Always an honor to join Daniel Tkiie on War & Politics 24. Putin’s decision to launch an Oreshnik against Lviv was a sign of weakness. Daniel & I discuss why. Link below.

Huge news by President Trump. This is fantastic news for Iranians, great news for Ukraine & the worst possible news for the Axis of Evil. If you need a primer, Col, @jonsweet.bsky.social & I covered it last night in our INTREP360 Intelligence Report for 01.12.2026. Link below.

Our #INTREP360 Intelligence Report for 01.12.2026 is live. Tonight, @jonsweet.bsky.social & I focus on Khamenei’s Inferno in Iran. It’s getting hot in Tehran. Ditto elsewhere in the Axis of Evil including Russia & China. We will see you tomorrow! Link below.

👀! Gifting so you can read this @wsj.com article in full. Iran is reaching an inflection point. Trump is certainly signaling he’s getting closer & closer to intervening. Link below. #IranRevolution2026 #IranProtests #IranRevolution

Our #INTREP360 Intelligence Report for 01.09.2026 is live. Today, @jonsweet.bsky.social & I examine how it was a very bad week for the Axis of Evil & how it isn’t likely to be any better next week given the growing protests in Iran. We will see you again Monday! Link below.

Our #INTREP360 Intelligence Report for 01.08.2026 is out. Don’t be fooled by Putin’s Dr. Strangelove act. @jonsweet.bsky.social & I explain why after checking in with Daniel Tkiie in Lviv for the latest on Russia’s IRBM strike. Moscow now confirms it was an Oreshnik. Link below.

Cheers to Real Clear World for picking up my latest column with @jonsweet.bsky.social at @thehill.com — Implications of Bella 1: Is Russia down for the count? www.realclearworld.com/2026/01/08/i...

Putin’s in deep trouble. His economy is stagnating. Russia’s Baltic Fleet was hapless yesterday in the North Atlantic & his special military operation in Ukraine is going nowhere. @jonsweet.bsky.social & I urge President Trump at @thehill.com to put Russia down for the count. Link below.

Our #INTREP360 Intelligence Report for 01.07.2026 is out. We return to our global format of reviewing the top stories impacting U.S. national security & that of our allies. Our lede? Putin is having a really bad New Year! @jonsweet.bsky.social & I will see you tomorrow. Link below.

Please join me on @Alqaheranewstv in 5 minutes from now. We will be discussing what is likely to happen next in Lebanon. The segment will be in Arabic, alqaheranews.net

While I was waiting to do an interview with Ashim Kumar, I had a chance to catch this segment of @tvpworld.bsky.social’s News in Depth. I highly recommend watching it. I 100% agree with Ashim that it’s not just a Russian hybrid war against Europe, it’s war! youtu.be/Bv8zy0OKY1I

My INTREP360 Intelligence Report for 01.06.2026 w/ @jonsweet.bsky.social is out. Is the Bella 1, now sailing under a Russian flag & name, just an empty tanker? Or is it carrying something Putin doesn’t want Trump to see? H/T: to @sentdefender for tracking this story. Link Below.

Always an honor to join Ashim Kumar FCCA, MBA on @tvpworld.bsky.social. Tonight, we discussed the security guarantees being hammered in Paris out by the coalition of the willing. youtu.be/zjmkd6iYCS4?...

Always an honor to appear alongside Sofia Nazarenko at War & Politics. Today, we discussed the collapsing global world order. Link below!

Please join me on @tvpworld.bsky.social today at 12:10PM ET. I will be discussing the latest in post-Ukraine war security guarantees meeting being held in Paris. 35 countries are participating. Zelensky, Witkoff & Kushner are there as well. tvpworld.com

Getting reading to sign into @Qnewsegy in a few minutes to talk about Venezuela. www.youtube.com/@Qnewsegy