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Iran War

Can Gulf states really stay out of war with Iran?

The UK must continue 'turning a blind eye' to Trump's war demands

‘Burn the lawn’: Israel pursues ‘Rafah model’ in southern Lebanon

Putting boots on the ground could kill Trump’s presidency

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Why the US Navy won't blast the Iranians and 'open' Strait of Hormuz

Iran wipes out US-Israeli radars & sensors, changing course of war

USS Gerald Ford limps out of hot war and into embarrassment. Why?

Veterans warn US landing could be 'more Gallipoli than Vietnam'

What's behind Trump's 180-degree turn, allowing Russian oil to Cuba?

Pakistani gambit: Can ‘coalition of the constrained’ make a difference?
Middle East

Pakistani gambit: Can ‘coalition of the constrained’ make a difference?

They may not have the ability to stop the Iran war, but leaders from Turkey, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia, meeting in Islamabad, are going to try

Can a drowning Egypt really play Iran war mediator too?
Middle East

Can a drowning Egypt really play Iran war mediator too?

The Iran war and the death of the global maritime commons
Middle East

The Iran war and the death of the global maritime commons

Africa Ghana
Africa

Vastly dependent on imports, Africans scramble amid oil crisis

What's behind Trump's 180-degree turn, allowing Russian oil to Cuba?
Latin America

What's behind Trump's 180-degree turn, allowing Russian oil to Cuba?

Iranian airstrikes Israel
Middle East

Iran wipes out US-Israeli radars & sensors, changing course of war

QiOSK

Staff quick takes, dispatches, and breaking news

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QiOSK

Poll: Most American Jews oppose war on Iran

Vast majority of poll respondents say Trump has no clear plan for the conflict

Trump's window for face-saving exit may be closing now

Tulsi Gabbard distances US war goals further from Israel's

Dems: We will not approve one more cent for this war

Larijani's killing will destroy Iran war off-ramps for Trump

Asia-Pacific

China electric cars

On energy, China can sit this crisis out. Here's why.

Iran war could cripple the 'Yuxi Circle' or 55% of world population

Iran war could cripple the 'Yuxi Circle' or 55% of world population

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at White House Trump

If surviving Trump meeting was goal, Takaichi leaves DC a winner

Trump ASEAN

The Supreme Court did Trump a favor in Southeast Asia

Middle east

Can a drowning Egypt really play Iran war mediator too?

Can a drowning Egypt really play Iran war mediator too?

Cairo wants to flex its diplomatic muscle but since it gets most of its energy from Israel and Qatar, it's also trying to survive a growing economic crisis

Outside the Bubble Watch the latest QI reports

QI honors Reps. Khanna, Massie for reining in militarismplay icon

QI honors Reps. Khanna, Massie for reining in militarism

Washington Politics

Trump dover kuwait remains Army service members

Putting boots on the ground could kill Trump’s presidency

Erlic Burlison Lauren Boebert Lisa Murkowski

Republicans stepping up skepticism over $200B war request

ukraine war protests

Red or Blue? How party ID codes our positions on foreign policy

Ignorance about war powers plays right into Trump's hands

Ignorance about war powers plays right into Trump's hands

Africa

Africa Ghana

Vastly dependent on imports, Africans scramble amid oil crisis

Trump's Sahel reset banks on 'sovereignty,' guns + minerals deals

Trump's 'commercial diplomacy' runs into violent reality

South Africa: Between Iran and a hard place (Donald Trump)

Latin America

What's behind Trump's 180-degree turn, allowing Russian oil to Cuba?

What's behind Trump's 180-degree turn, allowing Russian oil to Cuba?

Hezbollah in Latin America: A political bugaboo rolling out on cue

Vatican quietly steps up role in US-Cuba talks

As Iran war rages, Washington opens a new front in Ecuador

Europe

Trump NATO

Is the Iran War breaking NATO forever?

'Private Mossad' goes after pro-Palestinian leader in Slovenia

Finland moves to allow hosting of nuclear weapons in dangerous shift

As Trump squeezes, can de Villepin give new backbone to France?

north america

Russian icebreakers

Trump's Greenland, Canada threats reflect angst over Russia shipping

Canada is not interested in White House boot licking. So what?

Tech billionaires behind Greenland bid want to build 'freedom cities'

Is Greenland next? Denmark says, not so fast.

Military Industrial Complex

The Iran War cheerleaders and the weapons industry that funds them

The Iran War cheerleaders and the weapons industry that funds them

Americans overwhelmingly oppose the military action, but many Washington researchers want to keep it going

Media

Iran school attack

Why did mainstream media slow-walk coverage of school attack?

Gen Z doesn't have the same hang-ups about Iran as older Americans

Gen Z doesn't have the same hang-ups about Iran as older Americans

Ngo Dinh Diem vietnam coup assassination

'Kennedy's Coup' signaled regime change doom loop for US

Hegseth to take control of Stars & Stripes for 'warfighter' makeover

Hegseth to take control of Stars & Stripes for 'warfighter' makeover

Global Crises

The road to Beijing doesn't run through Tehran

The road to Beijing doesn't run through Tehran

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