Europe
If Europe starts attacking Russian cargo ships, all bets are off
The consequences will be negative, from shattering the order it claims to defend all the way up to a possible nuclear confrontation
January 15, 2026
Analysis
Europe
Germany's grandstanding on Iran: The best Europe can muster?
Chancellor Merz predicts the demise of the regime, but it's just more performative rhetoric, not strategy, and helps no one
January 15, 2026
Latin America
Trump’s quest to kick America's ‘Iraq War syndrome’
Experts say the 'easy' Venezuela operation is reminiscent of George H.W. Bush's 1989 invasion of Panama, which in part served to bury the ghosts of Vietnam
January 14, 2026
Europe
Sorry, the EU has no right to cry 'McCarthyism'
European elites have a consistency problem. They go wild over Trump sanctions on their digital rules yet do nothing about his punishment of Israel critics.
January 13, 2026
North America
Tech billionaires behind Greenland bid want to build 'freedom cities'
As Europeans try to redirect Trump, his Silicon Valley supporters have ideas of their own, involving low-regulated communities and access to rare earths.
January 13, 2026
Middle East
Iran regime is brittle, but don't count out killer instinct to survive
Every violent protest — of which there have been several over the last decade — takes a little more away from the government's legitimacy
January 13, 2026
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