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Trump board of peace
Global Crises

How Trump's Board of Peace is set up for a multibillion dollar fail

A vague mandate and pay-to-play model suggest it'll become a bloated boondoggle in search of an expanded mission lacking full international legitimacy

NATO Arctic
Global Crises

Is NATO creating an Arctic crisis to placate Trump on Greenland?

The alliance's buildup to confront questionable Russian and Chinese threats lacks the diplomacy necessary to stave off escalation

Marco Rubio
Latin America

Is Rubio backing off Cuba regime change for his own political good?

Trump wants to make a deal, plus the secretary may not want to be face of crisis if the government there collapses

Bill White Belgium
QiOSK

US diplomat accuses Belgian officials of anti-semitism on X

Another ambassador with questionable experience, Bill White also took to social media to lambaste his host country for not liking his 'great president'

defense tech trade shows
Military Industrial Complex

In Silicon Valley, Hegseth is just one link in the brave new kill chain

Today's 'disrupters' are merely investors and techies who want to change the rules so they can be the 'Apple' of weapons, subsidized by you, of course

Ngo Dinh Diem vietnam coup assassination
Media

'Kennedy's Coup' signaled regime change doom loop for US

A look back at Diem's assassination, setting off the Vietnam War — who says Washington isn't led by the same self-destructive characters throughout time?