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The 11th Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) concluded on May 22. Held every five years, the conference offers an opportunity to evaluate the treaty’s implementation, respond to technological and geopolitical developments, and reinforce states’ commitment to the treaty. For the third time in a row, the conference failed to reach consensus on a final document.We asked five experts for their perspectives on what the conference achieved — or failed to achieve.Read more below.
Summary and Key Points: Total United States household debt has reached $18.8 trillion, with credit card balances climbing to $1.28 trillion, according to the New York Federal Reserve. Only 44 percent of Americans can cover a $1,000 emergency from savings, and nearly one in three Buy Now, Pay Later users have started putting groceries on installment plans. The Philadelphia Federal Reserve reports credit card accounts making only minimum payments are at the highest level in more than a decade.
The F-22 Raptor tore through the skies over Mia
Vladimir Putin signed a revised Russian nuclear doctrine on November 19, 2024 — exactly 1,000 days after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine began. The new doctrine declares that any conventional attack on Russia by a non-nuclear state with the support of a nuclear power will be treated as a joint attack on Russia, providing the legal basis under Russian law for nuclear retaliation.
A new bill could offer surviving family members of troops and veterans a slight increase in monthly compensation, along with a more sizable annual increase in benefits for the most severely disabled veterans.
The House of Representatives recently passed the Sharri Briley and Eric Edmundson Veterans Benefits Expansion Act, which calls for a 1.5% increase in Dependency and Indemnity Compensation over the next two years. Experts told Task & Purpose that the increase would be modest — coming in at less than $100 a month.
If the Senate also passes the bill, it would also provide an $833.
The USS New Jersey, “The Big J” — the most-decorated battleship in United States Navy history — completed a $10 million dry-docking overhaul in spring 2024 at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard and returned to her berth as a floating museum in Camden, New Jersey. The 12-week project replaced 1,300 zinc anodes and repaired 132 through-hull openings. During her single tour in Vietnam, the battleship fired 5,866 of her 16-inch shells — only 1,500 rounds short of her total output during World War II, both Korean War tours, and training cruises combined.
Summary and Key Points: Iran’s state-run media on May 27 unveiled a peace plan demanding that the U.S. Navy withdraw from the Persian Gulf before Tehran will reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Iran is also demanding war reparations and refusing to ship its enriched uranium out of the country. About 42 American aircraft have already been destroyed in the conflict, including aerial refueling tankers, drones, and an AWACS early-warning aircraft.
-Pakistan is mediating, but Russia would veto any UN attempt to break the deadlock because Putin views Iran as an ally.
Ukraine’s drone war against Russian logistics
In 2025, Nazmelis Zengin wrote, “The Fragility of U.S. Space Power in a Multipolar World,” where she argued Washington’s space superiority could be challenged if the United States doesn’t rethink its course, taking lessons from mid-tier space powers. A year later, we asked Nazmelis to revisit her arguments.