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Palantir Chief Executive Officer Alex Karp gestures next to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick
Washington Politics

The anti-China coalition is breaking apart at the seams

The ad hoc group pushing confrontation with Beijing was never as formidable as it seemed

Marco Rubio speaks at the Pnyx hill, where ancient Athenians held democratic assemblies, with the ancient Parthenon temple atop the Acropolis in the background
Washington Politics

What Rubio really means when he talks about 'civilizational' renewal

The Washington establishment is using new words to describe the old forms of interventionism

Joe Biden and Brett McGurk
Washington Politics

Brett McGurk's account of Biden Gaza policy has a huge blind spot

Former Biden officials challenge him and his book's central premise that pressuring Israel would have been counterproductive

israeli elections 2026
Middle East

What Israel's razor thin elections mean for Gaza and Iran

While they differ on domestic issues and in some ways on the West Bank, the two main parties in contention are very much still hardline on foreign policy

The US should stay out of Saudi Arabia’s war
QiOSK

The US should stay out of Saudi Arabia’s war

WATCH: Annelle Sheline tells Always at War why another foray against the Houthis would only exacerbate the humanitarian crisis in Yemen.

Kaliningrad Russia military
Europe

Slouching toward Kaliningrad, NATO dismisses a nuclear threat

As it encroaches on the western Russian enclave on the Baltic Sea, the alliance continues to underestimate Moscow's red lines