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The 8-point buzzsaw facing any invasion of Taiwan
Asia-Pacific

The 8-point buzzsaw facing any invasion of Taiwan

Hundreds of billions of dollars have gone to aiding Taipei but geography is still the island's best defense

Recep Tayyip Erdogan Benjamin Netanyahu
Middle East

Why Israel is now turning its sights on Turkey

An intensified rivalry between the two Middle East powers is not a question of 'if' but 'how'

Trump and Putin on phone
Europe

Good, bad and ugly: Impact of US Iran strikes on Russia war talks

The are a number of signals Putin can glean from Trump's Middle East moves, some which push progress back, not forward, to peace.

American Special Operations
Military Industrial Complex

American cult: Why our special ops need a reset

Time to recognize that in their current state, our elite forces are bad for the military, bad for society, and bad for the operators themselves

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and President of Russia Vladimir Putin
Europe

Westerners foolishly rush to defend Azerbaijan against Russia

Transatlantic leaders see this as yet another proxy against Moscow. That would be a mistake.

Trump Netanyahu in Washington
Middle East

Netanyahu returns to DC — in triumph or with more to ask?

Gaza ceasefire, bombing Iran again, normalization — all may be on the White House meeting docket Monday. But likely this is more political theater.