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Somali piracy was under control. Then came the Iran war.

Why 'D-Day' was destined to be a dud

After Iran, US signals major security shift in the Middle East

New US strikes on Iran may restart war Trump wants to freeze

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Pentagon puts $131 billion price tag on 1970s-era fighter

Why are so many Vance allies leaving the administration?

On this Labor Day, Trump offers no sympathy to working Americans

House to universities: Don't you dare boycott Israel

US universities get millions to do military research for Israel

President George W. Bush and White House staff watch news coverage of Flight 175 striking the South Tower of the World Trade Center at Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, Florida
Washington Politics

Symposium: What I miss most about pre-9/11 America

We asked diplomats, scholars, activists, and military leaders about what the US has lost in a long quarter century

The Professor Molchanov sails in front of an ice sheet near Neko Harbor in Antarctica
Europe

Norway's seizure of a Russian vessel is a dangerous escalation

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Europe

Despite Trump denials, US still sending Ukraine billions in weapons

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, US President Donald Trump’s Special Envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner (R to L) hold a joint news conference outside the Mariinskyi Palace following negotiations
Europe

Peace in Ukraine remains far off despite Witkoff-Kushner effort

Gtmo
Washington Politics

Why 9/11 mastermind KSM still awaiting trial after a quarter century

A US soldier walks through the street in Baghdad
Washington Politics

25 years after 9/11, the US still doesn't know 'why they hate us'

QiOSK

Staff quick takes, dispatches, and breaking news

How Congress gave up its power over war and peace
QiOSK

How Congress gave up its power over war and peace

In a new episode of Always at War, QI Advocacy Director Tori Bateman discusses why lawmakers can't seem to stop conflicts

Massie, Kent join ex-officials lighting up Ron Paul ‘revolution’

No war? 377 US forces injured since July, 36 in last 2 weeks

Witkoff & Kushner to spend Labor Day weekend in Russia, Ukraine

Trump’s Saudi nuke agreement may prolong the Iran war

Asia-Pacific

American universities science

Trump's 'golden age of science' is not just another war to be won

South Korean President Lee Jae-Myung looks on as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting in the Oval Office.

US diplomatic incompetence is tanking hopes for Korean peace

Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi, Acting Foreign Minister of Afghanistan Amir Khan Muttaqi, and Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Pakistan Mohammad Ishaq Dar

When US left Afghanistan, China moved in. So how's it going?

As Myanmar collapses, it’s time for China to step up and be the hero

As Myanmar collapses, it’s time for China to step up and be the hero

Middle east

Then-State Sen. Aisha Wahab speaks to the crowd gathered during the Ramadan Iftar on April 10, 2023, at the state Capitol in downtown Sacramento, California

Rep. Aisha Wahab is right: America must talk to the Taliban

International isolation has hurt the Afghan people while doing little to hinder the regime

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How Congress gave up its power over war and peace

Washington Politics

President George W. Bush and White House staff watch news coverage of Flight 175 striking the South Tower of the World Trade Center at Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, Florida

Symposium: What I miss most about pre-9/11 America

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth answering questions from journalists during a press conference at the Pentagon

Hegseth has been a disaster. It's time for Trump to fire him.

A US soldier walks through the street in Baghdad

25 years after 9/11, the US still doesn't know 'why they hate us'

Gtmo

Why 9/11 mastermind KSM still awaiting trial after a quarter century

Africa

Somali pirates

Somali piracy was under control. Then came the Iran war.

This Trump-approved trade deal is no tariff, in fact, it's duty free

Trump wants to stabilize Libya. Militants have other plans.

How the Egypt-Ethiopia feud could upend Trump's plans in Africa

Latin America

Trump Delcy Rodriguez

Trump plan to control Venezuelan oil has more holes than Swiss cheese

Did Fidel Castro's decades-long defiance doom Cuba?

In Latin America, the road to Trump's heart goes through Israel

Europe

The Professor Molchanov sails in front of an ice sheet near Neko Harbor in Antarctica

Norway's seizure of a Russian vessel is a dangerous escalation

Despite Trump denials, US still sending Ukraine billions in weapons

Peace in Ukraine remains far off despite Witkoff-Kushner effort

A test of nationalist right, German AfD victory echoes across Europe

north america

China and Russia and the US icebreaker race

China and Russia and the US icebreaker race

Is Trump finally burying the zombie US-Mexico-Canada trade pact?

Throwing thousands more soldiers at Haiti will not solve this crisis

CIA deaths in Mexico: Is Trump playing with fire?

Military Industrial Complex

US Navy Arabian Sea

US can huff & puff, but without a political fix Iran won't come down

Military force — and even economic pressure — without clearly defined outcomes has been the downfall of US war policy for decades

Media

Miriam Adelson looks on as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House

Israel's Lobby 2.0: What Walt & Mearsheimer didn't anticipate

Pete Hegseth testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee

Officials say 'America-hating' media to blame for USS Lincoln outrage

Ukrainian soldiers walk together during training for the 2023 counteroffensive.

The never-ending myth of a looming Ukrainian 'breakthrough'

Mark Levin Jack Keane Fox News

Fox News screaming desperately into wind as Trump loses grip

Global Crises

BRICS summit 2026

The Iran war looms large as BRICS leaders gather in New Delhi

The conflict has divided members of the bloc, but India is determined to find areas of cooperation