Operation Epic Fury—the joint U.S.-Israeli military campaign against Iran—has entered its fourth day with an intense and expansive air and missile assault that has already struck more than 1,250 targets across the country. Launched in the early hours of February 28, 2026, the operation achieved one of its most dramatic early successes with the targeted … Read more
The U.S. military has marked a historic milestone in drone warfare by deploying the Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS)—a reverse-engineered copy of Iran’s own Shahed-136 kamikaze drone—for the first time in combat during Operation Epic Fury, the ongoing U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran that began February 28, 2026. Wisdom Imbibe InsightModern warfare is no longer … Read more
Anthropic’s flagship AI chatbot Claude faced back-to-back disruptions on March 2 and 3, 2026, as thousands of users reported issues accessing the service. The outages come at a moment of explosive growth for the platform, fueled by a public standoff with the U.S. Department of Defense and a backlash against rival OpenAI’s military deal. Wisdom … Read more
The ongoing US-Israeli military campaign against Iran, Operation Epic Fury, has delivered a stark lesson to Beijing’s military planners. The coordinated strikes—launched February 28, 2026—overwhelmed Iranian air defenses, including systems supplied by China, prompting swift action from the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to test and strengthen its own capabilities. In direct response, the PLA conducted … Read more
As millions flowed into platforms like Polymarket and Kalshi following the Iran strike, lawmakers are asking whether geopolitical betting is market innovation — or moral failure. When news of U.S. strikes on Iran broke on February 28, 2026, traders weren’t just watching cable news — they were placing bets. Within hours, prediction markets lit up … Read more
In a striking display of operational urgency over political decree, the U.S. military continued to rely on Anthropic’s Claude AI for critical intelligence and targeting decisions during massive joint U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on Iran on February 28 — just hours after President Trump ordered all federal agencies to stop using the company’s technology. Wisdom Imbibe InsightIn … Read more
In a striking admission that has rippled through diplomatic circles, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio acknowledged on February 25, 2026, that Iran is not currently enriching uranium. The statement, made to reporters during a visit to St. Kitts and Nevis, directly challenges recent claims from within the Trump administration portraying Tehran as on the … Read more
Why are the world’s two largest economies, the United States and China, undergoing a “messy divorce” across critical sectors? The answer lies in a complex interplay of national security concerns, economic self-sufficiency drives, and a fundamental re-evaluation of globalization. For decades, the economic relationship between the US and China was characterized by deep integration, with … Read more
On January 27, 2026, India and the European Union concluded negotiations on what European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called the “mother of all deals” — a landmark Free Trade Agreement (FTA) creating a combined market of nearly two billion people and roughly a quarter of global GDP. After nearly two decades of on-and-off … Read more
1.0 Introduction: A New Global Order and the Call for European Independence The world is convening at a “consequential moment” where long-standing economic and geopolitical architectures are being fundamentally redrawn. For European leaders, understanding this new reality is a strategic necessity, as it presents a complex dichotomy. On one hand, the international landscape is becoming … Read more