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If Iranian regime collapses or is toppled, 'what's next?'

Congress moves to put the brakes on Trump's unilateral bombing

Israeli-fueled fantasy to bring back Shah has absolutely no juice

Israel and US have chosen war, unleashing fresh economic pain

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The EU's pathetic response to Trump's Iran attack

Let's make a deal: Enrichment path that both Iran, US can agree on

If Iranian regime collapses or is toppled, 'what's next?'

Israeli-fueled fantasy to bring back Shah has absolutely no juice

​Is the US now funding the bloodbath at Gaza aid centers?
Middle East

​Is the US now funding the bloodbath at Gaza aid centers?

The admin just gave $30M to GHF, the organization at the center of charges that Israel is weaponizing assistance and shooting at desperate civilians seeking it

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Africa

Post-coup juntas across the Sahel face serious crises

Iran
Middle East

First it was regime change, now they want to break Iran apart

Mohammad Bin Salman Trump Ayatollah Khomenei
Middle East

Let's make a deal: Enrichment path that both Iran, US can agree on

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Military Industrial Complex

Polls: Americans don't support Trump's war on Iran

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Washington Politics

Don't read the funeral rites for MAGA restraint yet

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Lobby Horse
QiOSK

How the weapons industry pushed Trump toward war with Iran

The president watched a lot of Fox News, which was dominated by defense contractor voices advocating US strikes

Senate vote to exert war powers over Trump fails

Diplomacy Watch: Did Israel’s war on Iran help Russia?

Trump: Question the strikes = demeaning the troops

Why South Korea's new president skipped the NATO summit

Asia-Pacific

Donald Trump

What did the US and China just agree to exactly?

Wall Street Stock Exchange

Pushing East Asia to hike defense could boomerang on Wall Street

China Navy

Three reasons why China can't afford to invade Taiwan

Donald Trump and Xi Jinping

Will Trump choose deal or discord with China?

Middle east

​Is the US now funding the bloodbath at Gaza aid centers?

​Is the US now funding the bloodbath at Gaza aid centers?

The admin just gave $30M to GHF, the organization at the center of charges that Israel is weaponizing assistance and shooting at desperate civilians seeking it

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Lawmakers owning defense stocks: How corrupt is that?

Washington Politics

Trump steve Bannon

Don't read the funeral rites for MAGA restraint yet

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Congress moves to put the brakes on Trump's unilateral bombing

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo), Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.)

The Capitol Hill Republicans against US war with Iran

Tulsi Gabbard

Tulsi said Iran not building nukes. One senator after another ignored her.

Africa

mali

Post-coup juntas across the Sahel face serious crises

Could Trump's Congo-Rwanda mineral deals actually save lives?

Wagner mercenaries declare 'mission accomplished' in Mali

Will Sudan attack the UAE?

Latin America

remittance tax central america

Taxing remittances helps make US neighbors poorer, less stable

Former Air Force commando takes top LatAm job at NSC

Bukele's dirty secret: He made deals with the worst gangs

US invasion of Panama was first step toward the 'forever wars'

Europe

UN Charter turns 80: Why do Europeans mock it so?

The 17 Ukraine war peace terms the US must put before NATO

How NATO military doctrine failed Ukraine on the battlefield

north america

David McGuinty Canada

Canada hosts pre-NATO rearmament affirmation confab

Military seizing massive swaths of public lands at the border

Why spying on Greenland isn't the problem

Trump should take the victory in Canada and move on

Military Industrial Complex

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Army prematurely pushes Black Hawk replacement into production

This week in The Bunker: Plans to shortcut testing of new tiltrotor, decrepit U.S. military barracks on Guam, and more

Media

Lobby Horse

How the weapons industry pushed Trump toward war with Iran

Tucker Carlson

Tucker escalates war with neocons over Iran

Mark Levin

The great fade out: Neocon influencers rage as they diminish

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'Warfare': Rare Iraq War film that doesn't preach but packs punch

Global Crises

Donald Trump

The hidden costs of Trump's 'madman' approach to tariffs

The downsides of his trade policies are symptoms of a larger strategic flaw