Stanford Nix is COO of Atlas, leading operations & government relations. When not running Atlas he writes on economics, grand strategy, and U.S. politics. Separately, he invests across the U.S. defense industrial base and holds an MBA in finance.
Atlas News spoke directly with a U.S. Army soldier who served with the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, during the Combined Resolve training exercise at Hohenfels, Germany.
Fourteen Priorities Walk Into a Bar. Six Walk Out.
A forgotten layer between air and space is becoming the most valuable real estate in modern intelligence—and everyone’s rushing to claim it.
For most of 2025, China has been buying soybeans from everywhere except the United States. Cargoes that once sailed from Louisiana to Shanghai have been replaced by shipments from Santos and Rosario. When the new U.S. harvest came in this September, the silence continued. Not one new booking. The
On June 16, 2025, the Senate passed S. 1582, the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act of 2025, or GENIUS Act. An overview of key policy issues can be found here. The bill would establish a regime to regulate U.S. payment stablecoins. What Is the
This Congressional Research Service (CRS) Insight, published July 10, 2025, analyzes the $24.4 billion in FY2025 mandatory funding allocated under Section 20003 of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (P.L. 119-21) for integrated air and missile defense. Though the term “Golden Dome” does not appear in the
A civilian employee of the U.S. Air Force assigned to the U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) at Offutt Air Force Base pleaded guilty today to conspiring to transmit classified information relating to the national defense (National Defense Information) on a foreign online dating platform beginning in or around February
President Donald Trump jolted the Group of Seven summit Monday evening when he posted on Truth Social that “everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran,” repeating in all caps his long-held stance that “IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON.” Minutes later the White House announced the president would leave Banff,
The United States and the United Kingdom sealed their first bilateral trade accord of the Trump-Starmer era yesterday at the G-7 summit in Kananaskis, Canada. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Keir Starmer each held up the signed document—though wind briefly scattered several pages—as they proclaimed
This past week, Israel launched an unprecedented air campaign against Iran, focusing on its nuclear program and military assets with a level of violence that marked a new chapter in their long-standing enmity. About 200 fighter jets took part in the operation, which hit about 100 sites. It was
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