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        Iran War
    

        Putting boots on the ground could kill Trump’s presidency
    
Jack Hunter
March 27, 2026

        Iran is real, but defense techies still prefer war gaming China
    
Nick Cleveland-Stout
March 27, 2026

        Veterans warn US landing could be 'more Gallipoli than Vietnam'
    
Stavroula Pabst
March 25, 2026

        Gulf War I was a Pyrrhic victory that led to another avoidable war today
    
Martin Di Caro
March 25, 2026

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        Iran wipes out US-Israeli radars & sensors, changing course of war
    
Jennifer Kavanagh
March 30, 2026

        USS Gerald Ford limps out of hot war and into embarrassment. Why?
    
Dan Grazier
March 26, 2026

        Veterans warn US landing could be 'more Gallipoli than Vietnam'
    
Stavroula Pabst
March 25, 2026

        The road to Beijing doesn't run through Tehran
    
Meg Hansen
March 23, 2026

        Seizing Iran’s ‘crown jewel’ would be a suicide mission
    
Harrison Mann
March 19, 2026
Middle East
        Iran wipes out US-Israeli radars & sensors, changing course of war
    This might be an answer to the biggest question today: why does the airspace suddenly seems penetrable, even against a wounded Tehran military?
Jennifer Kavanagh
March 30, 2026
Middle East
        Can Gulf states really stay out of war with Iran?
    
Annelle Sheline
March 30, 2026
Middle East
        The UK must continue 'turning a blind eye' to Trump's war demands
    
Ian Proud
March 30, 2026
Europe
        'Private Mossad' goes after pro-Palestinian leader in Slovenia
    
Eldar Mamedov
March 30, 2026
Middle East
        Houthis enter war against Israel
    
Neil Partrick
March 28, 2026
Middle East
        ‘Burn the lawn’: Israel pursues ‘Rafah model’ in southern Lebanon
    
Connor Echols
March 27, 2026
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        Trump's window for face-saving exit may be closing now
    Escalation is only putting him in a lose-lose situation, so negotiating is the only option. However, Iran's growing leverage could prevent an easy off-ramp.
Trita Parsi
March 19, 2026

        Tulsi Gabbard distances US war goals further from Israel's
    
Blaise Malley
March 19, 2026

        Dems: We will not approve one more cent for this war
    
Stavroula Pabst
March 18, 2026

        Larijani's killing will destroy Iran war off-ramps for Trump
    
Trita Parsi
March 17, 2026

        Senior US official resigns in protest of Iran war
    
Blaise Malley
March 17, 2026

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        Africa
    

        Trump's Sahel reset banks on 'sovereignty,' guns + minerals deals
    
Alex Thurston
March 23, 2026

        Trump's 'commercial diplomacy' runs into violent reality
    
Dan M. Ford
Lee Schlenker
March 12, 2026

        South Africa: Between Iran and a hard place (Donald Trump)
    
Dan M. Ford
February 03, 2026

        US trashed Somalia, can we really scold its people for coming here?
    
Ahmed Ibrahim
January 13, 2026
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        Latin America
    

        Hezbollah in Latin America: A political bugaboo rolling out on cue
    
Mike LaSusa
March 19, 2026

        Vatican quietly steps up role in US-Cuba talks
    
Lee Schlenker
March 13, 2026

        As Iran war rages, Washington opens a new front in Ecuador
    
Pedro Labayen Herrera
March 13, 2026

        How Maduro overthrow was key node in US-Israeli war on Iran
    
Joseph Bouchard
March 03, 2026
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        Europe
    

        'Private Mossad' goes after pro-Palestinian leader in Slovenia
    
Eldar Mamedov
March 30, 2026

        Finland moves to allow hosting of nuclear weapons in dangerous shift
    
Pavel Devyatkin
March 25, 2026

        As Trump squeezes, can de Villepin give new backbone to France?
    
Eldar Mamedov
March 17, 2026

        Russia shouldn't get too excited about oil sanctions relief
    
Mark Episkopos
March 11, 2026
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        north america
    

        Trump's Greenland, Canada threats reflect angst over Russia shipping
    
Ian Proud
February 02, 2026

        Canada is not interested in White House boot licking. So what?
    
Zachary Paikin
January 30, 2026

        Tech billionaires behind Greenland bid want to build 'freedom cities'
    
Pavel Devyatkin
January 13, 2026

        Is Greenland next? Denmark says, not so fast.
    
Pavel Devyatkin
January 05, 2026
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Iran War

Most Read

This might be an answer to the biggest question today: why does the airspace suddenly seems penetrable, even against a wounded Tehran military?

QiOSK

Escalation is only putting him in a lose-lose situation, so negotiating is the only option. However, Iran's growing leverage could prevent an easy off-ramp.

Asia-Pacific

Middle east

This might be an answer to the biggest question today: why does the airspace suddenly seems penetrable, even against a wounded Tehran military?

Outside the Bubble Watch the latest QI reports

Newsletter

Washington Politics

Africa

Latin America

Europe

north america

Military Industrial Complex

Eric and Don Jr. are backing myriad weapons technology companies, including drones, which are very much in demand in Iran conflict

Media

Global Crises

However the Iran war unfolds, it will prove to be a strategic self-own in our great-power competition with China

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