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Iran War

A new 'Danube' approach to the Hormuz Strait is in order

Thanks to Trump's war, Dems successfully co-opt 'America First'

Voters more worried about Iran war than immigration or crime: polls

IMF-World Bank meetings juggle equal parts relief, dread

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As Houthis encircle Taiz, Yemen's Saudi-backed gov't faces disaster

Evidence of a Russian 'hybrid war' in Europe is vanishingly thin

Was the MOU meant to be trashed?

Thanks to Trump's war, Dems successfully co-opt 'America First'

Slouching toward Kaliningrad, NATO dismisses a nuclear threat

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

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

Rubio's 'civilizational' turn is just warmed-over neoconservatism

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

The DC-Silicon Valley anti-China coalition is falling apart

San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock San Diego (LPD 22) transits Apra Harbor at Naval Base Guam
Asia-Pacific

Pulling back to the Second Island Chain would be strategic folly

Trump Hegseth Rubio
Middle East

Was the MOU meant to be trashed?

Two farmers stand in a field looking at soy crop
Washington Politics

American farmers are slammed by war 7,000 miles away

QiOSK

Staff quick takes, dispatches, and breaking news

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.

Most voters in key states want to block US arms transfers to Israel

Plurality of active-duty service members oppose Iran war: poll

Voters more worried about Iran war than immigration or crime: polls

Eisenkot aims to out-hawk Netanyahu ahead of elections

Asia-Pacific

San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock San Diego (LPD 22) transits Apra Harbor at Naval Base Guam

Pulling back to the Second Island Chain would be strategic folly

Philippines protests

Unrest in Philippines threatens to upend US backed data centers

Diego Garcia airbase

Why the US will never give up Diego Garcia

Two Navy ships arrive at port in Okinawa, Japan, after service in Asia and the Middle East

The case for pulling US military back from the first island chain

Middle east

israeli elections 2026

Israel's elections and not so great expectations for peace

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 Gaza and Iran

Outside the Bubble Watch the latest QI reports

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The US should stay out of Saudi Arabia’s war

Washington Politics

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

Rubio's 'civilizational' turn is just warmed-over neoconservatism

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

The DC-Silicon Valley anti-China coalition is falling apart

Joe Biden and Brett McGurk

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

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee

If Dems win big in midterms, Hegseth's head could roll

Africa

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed speaks at a news conference

High on wins in Tigray, Ethiopia now has Eritrea in its crosshairs

Reignited violence in Ethiopia threatens to engulf the entire region

Gen. Burhan digs in as Trump's visa-for-ceasefire scheme blows up

In Red Sea crisis, Somaliland seizes leverage for US recognition

Latin America

Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez waves ahead of a meeting with Paraguayan President Santiago Pena at Miraflores Palace

What happened to all the concern about Venezuelan democracy?

Trump's 'Shield of the Americas' is more fragile than it seems

Will Trump's efforts to boost Bolsonaro blow up in his face?

Venezuela blowback may have a long fuse. It always does.

Europe

Kaliningrad Russia military

Slouching toward Kaliningrad, NATO dismisses a nuclear threat

What's the point of a permanent US military base in Poland?

Evidence of a Russian 'hybrid war' in Europe is vanishingly thin

Europeans shouldn't throw out the truck with the diesel deal

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

Anduril co-founder Palmer Luckey

Palmer Luckey building submarines is not the craziest idea

A $7 billion deal is raising eyebrows, as is the Anduril CEO's relationship with Trump. But after so many shipbuilding failures, the DOD could do worse

Media

Zach Bryan Gaza

Unlike Sheeran, Zach Bryan read the room and wore the right shirt

Ed Sheeran

After Macklemore sacking, Ed Sheeran enters his 'Sun City' moment

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

Global Crises

IMF World Bank spring meetings 2026

IMF-World Bank meetings juggle equal parts relief, dread

On one hand there's more economic resilience than expected but on the other, everyone appears waiting for the other shoe from the war to drop