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Yemen
August 16, 2022

How long will the fragile truce in Yemen last?

The path to a long-standing peace runs through a complete end to foreign military involvement.

by Shireen Al-Adeimi
QiOSK
August 16, 2022

Modi: ‘we have to make India a developed nation in our lifetime’

The PM knows his legitimacy as a leader rests not only on getting his country out of recession but millions out of crushing poverty.

by William Simpson
QiOSK
August 15, 2022

GOP drops scathing review of Afghanistan withdrawal, White House reacts

The Biden administration is reiterating its case for ending the war, while Republicans are focused on the evacuation.

by Connor Echols
Egypt
August 15, 2022

Nine years after Rabaa massacre, US still turns blind eye to Egyptian abuses

Washington continues to treat el-Sisi with kid gloves, supplying the despotic regime with aid, hurting its own credibility in the process.

by Amr ElAfifi

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US interventions
August 15, 2022

Afghanistan a year later: Will ‘over the horizon’ normalize Endless War?

In the past, Washington needed everyone’s support behind military conflicts. Today it wants people to forget. Drones help them do that.

by Mary Dudziak
ukraine crisis
August 13, 2022

Russia sanctions are spurring a new Silk Road

To avoid sanctions, countries are actively reopening moribund routes and creating greater connectivity across the Middle East and Asia.

by James M. Dorsey
QiOSK
August 12, 2022

There’s a nuclear catastrophe on the horizon in Ukraine

The UN’s top atomic official is calling on Russian and Ukrainian forces to halt all military activity at the Zaporizhzhia facility.

by William Hartung
NATO
August 12, 2022

Why we can’t rely on NATO to make Europe whole again

For a longterm peace, the region needs new security structures outside of the alliance that eventually include Russia.

by George Beebe
ukraine crisis
August 12, 2022

Bans on Russian travel and culture play into Putin’s hands

The USSR prevented its citizens from traveling to the West during the Cold War, mimicking that now would be entirely counterproductive.

by Anatol Lieven
QiOSK
August 12, 2022

Diplomacy Watch: Ukraine digs in as its Western support ebbs

Despite the risk of a Russia-friendly government in Italy and reduced support from the US, Kyiv is showing no appetite for negotiations.

by Connor Echols
Africa
August 12, 2022

Biden’s new Africa strategy is shortsighted and stale

The administration hasn’t learned from past mistakes, is overly focused on great power competition, and can’t quit the counterterror lens.

by Alex Thurston
U.S.-China Relations
August 12, 2022

Hawks: Time to prepare the nation for war with China

Voices like Elbridge Colby think Biden should back up his tough rhetoric about defending Taiwan with a greater show of force.

by Daniel Larison
QiOSK
August 11, 2022

Saudi ringleader gets off scot-free while ex-Twitter employee faces jail

The FBI says a close aide to MBS recruited social media minions here to access dissidents’ personal info, but so far he goes unpunished.

by Nick Cleveland-Stout
US military
August 10, 2022

Report: post-9/11 era one of the most militarily aggressive in US history

America has conducted nearly 400 interventions since its founding, with more than a quarter in the last 30 years.

by Nick Turse
QiOSK
August 10, 2022

US foreign arms sales spike to nearly $20B in the dog days of summer

Between July 15 and August 2, Washington signed off on billions of dollars worth of military deals, over a third of which went to autocracies.

by Connor Echols
Veterans
August 10, 2022

Meet the veterans who chose ‘paths of dissent’

They sacrificed for their country in Iraq and Afghanistan but these individuals want you to reconsider whether they ever should have.

by Dan McKnight
eastern europe
August 10, 2022

Beware of viewing Balkans as new front in Russian-NATO proxy war

These historically complex conflicts can only be resolved by a long-term, patient strategy led by Europeans, not the US.

by Anatol Lieven
Afghanistan
August 9, 2022

Pentagon contractors in Afghanistan operated with minimal disclosure and oversight

According to a new report, the Defense Department doled out billions to companies that are not identifiable on contracting databases.

by Eli Clifton
politics
August 9, 2022

AIPAC’s new strategy: Spend millions on elections, don’t mention Israel

The lobbying org’s first foray into electoral politics has been marked by spending GOP megadonor dollars on Democratic primaries. Why?

by Eli Clifton
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QiOSK

Modi: ‘we have to make India a developed nation in our lifetime’
By William Simpson
GOP drops scathing review of Afghanistan withdrawal, White House reacts
By Connor Echols
There’s a nuclear catastrophe on the horizon in Ukraine
By William Hartung
Diplomacy Watch: Ukraine digs in as its Western support ebbs
By Connor Echols
Saudi ringleader gets off scot-free while ex-Twitter employee faces jail
By Nick Cleveland-Stout

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