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        Iran War
    

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

        The destruction of Gaza has not ended
    
Martin Di Caro
March 23, 2026

        What if we actually nuked our way around the Hormuz blockage?
    
Logan McMillen
March 21, 2026

        Israel accusing Iran of lawbreaking is the height of hypocrisy
    
Sarah Leah Whitson
March 20, 2026

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        Seizing Iran’s ‘crown jewel’ would be a suicide mission
    
Harrison Mann
March 19, 2026

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

        If surviving Trump meeting was goal, Takaichi leaves DC a winner
    
Mike Mochizuki
March 20, 2026

        Trump's window for face-saving exit may be closing now
    
Trita Parsi
March 19, 2026

        Are we on the precipice of World War III?
    
Dan Grazier
March 12, 2026
Military Industrial Complex
        USS Gerald Ford limps out of hot war and into embarrassment. Why?
    The Navy’s premier aircraft carrier is a case study in misplaced priorities, most importantly putting politics and industry preference before readiness and efficiency
Dan Grazier
March 26, 2026
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        Squeezed between hostile powers, Turkey tries playing it cool
    
Giorgio Cafiero
March 26, 2026
Asia-Pacific 
        On energy, China can sit this crisis out. Here's why.
    
Wenjing Wang
March 26, 2026
Europe
        Finland moves to allow hosting of nuclear weapons in dangerous shift
    
Pavel Devyatkin
March 25, 2026
Middle East
        Gulf War I was a Pyrrhic victory that led to another avoidable war today
    
Martin Di Caro
March 25, 2026
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        Veterans warn US landing could be 'more Gallipoli than Vietnam'
    
Stavroula Pabst
March 25, 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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        QI honors Reps. Khanna, Massie for reining in militarism
    
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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
    

        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

        Is Ukraine peace toast now that the Middle East is on fire?
    
Jennifer Kavanagh
March 09, 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

The Navy’s premier aircraft carrier is a case study in misplaced priorities, most importantly putting politics and industry preference before readiness and efficiency

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

Iran’s regional power and political influence greatly expanded after its nemesis Saddam Hussein was finally removed, with all too obvious implications

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Military Industrial Complex

American research organizations often promote new weaponry that would benefit their donors

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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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