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  • Ukrainian TrophyLab Widens the Cracks in Russia’s Military Facade

    07/29/2026 6:03:47 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 19 replies
    The Wall Street Journal ^ | July 29, 2026 6:01 pm ET | Ilan Berman
    The Ukraine war has evolved into an innovation contest since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022. Faced with a larger adversary that it can’t match tank for tank or aircraft for aircraft, Kyiv has compensated with ingenuity—adapting commercial tech for military purposes, pioneering new applications for drones, and refining battlefield tactics for maximum effect. The result has been a conflict in which information is as crucial as firepower. Ukraine is now exploiting that advantage in a new way. This summer, President Volodymyr Zelensky launched an online platform called TrophyLab, a digital repository devoted to the analysis of captured Russian military equipment....
  • Iran's Dissidents Need Western Help

    06/10/2010 5:34:11 PM PDT · by Ooh-Ah · 3 replies · 201+ views
    Wall Street Journal ^ | JUNE 11, 2010 | ILAN BERMAN
    Whatever happened to the Green Movement? A year after the fraudulent reelection of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad galvanized a groundswell of popular outrage, protesters in the Islamic Republic are growing silent. This has led some observers to conclude that the country's counterrevolution has run its course. But a closer reading of events shows a movement that is still viable, if beleaguered. Following the period of post-election turbulence, the Islamic Republic has, since last fall, retaken the offensive against its domestic opponents. It has tightened controls on the Internet, passed draconian legislation to regulate assorted "illegal" activities, and turned social networking...