In South Sudan, a budget line has become a patrol that never leaves the base By Jose Navarro, MBA | The Navarro Report In February, the head of UN peacekeeping […]
The Pentagon Is Buying for a Long War. Who Is Adding Up the Bill?
By Jose Navarro, MBA | The Navarro Report Every controller learns to read the purchase orders before the press release. Read the Pentagon’s this month, and they say something its […]
Who Signed for the Stealth Fighter Parts? What a Missing Shipment Reveals About the F-35 Supply Chain
By Jose Navarro, MBA Last week, President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping met in Washington, and Reuters reported that Xi planned to press for an end to American arms […]
TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS, ZERO ENFORCEMENT: WHAT THE TRUMP-XI SUMMIT ACTUALLY COMMITTED TO
A $30 billion tariff carve-out and a new AI dialogue mechanism sound like action. Neither has a number attached that anyone can hold anyone to. By Jose Navarro, MBA | […]
Operation Economic Outcast: Washington Is Counting Sanctions, Not Their Cost
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — By Jose E. Navarro, The Navarro Report | September 25, 2026 Chinese President Xi Jinping wrapped a three-day state visit to Washington on Friday with no […]
Split Screen: Xi in Washington, the World at the UN, and a $4.2 Billion Question
By Jose E. Navarro | The Navarro Report | September 25, 2026 WASHINGTON. President Xi Jinping arrived at Joint Base Andrews on Wednesday and sat down with President Trump on […]
THE UNITED NATIONS CUT 15 PERCENT AND 2,900 JOBS: DID IT FIX ANYTHING?
A leaner budget cannot cure a $4.2 billion payment problem By Jose Navarro, MBA | The Navarro Report NEW YORK. World leaders have spent this week at the United Nations […]
THE $2 BILLION GAP — HOW THE UN RAN OUT OF CASH THREE WEEKS INTO ITS OWN BUDGET YEAR
By Jose Navarro, MBA | The Navarro Report The United Nations approved a $5.26 billion peacekeeping budget for fiscal year 2026-27 this summer. Three weeks into that fiscal year, member […]
The World’s Most Expensive Guest: How the United Nations Became New York City’s Largest Unfunded Security Obligation
By Jose E. Navarro, MBA | The Navarro Report | September 22, 2026 Every September, the leaders of 193 nations descend on a single block of Midtown Manhattan to conduct […]
Proximity Without Contact: Delcy Rodriguez Arrives in the City Holding Maduro
By Jose E. Navarro, MBA | The Navarro Report NEW YORK. Venezuela’s acting president landed in the same city that has held her former boss in a federal jail cell […]