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Israel-Iran War

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

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

Trump's use and misuse of Iran intel

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

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Trump's silence on loss of Ukraine lithium territory speaks volumes

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

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

Good, bad and ugly: Impact of US Iran strikes on Russia war talks

Bidenites make soft landing in heart of lucrative war industry

American Special Operations
Military Industrial Complex

American cult: Why our special ops need a reset

Time to recognize that in their current state, our elite forces are bad for the military, bad for society, and bad for the operators themselves

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and President of Russia Vladimir Putin
Europe

Westerners foolishly rush to defend Azerbaijan against Russia

Netanyahu, Trump, and Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa
Middle East

Shotgun wedding? Israel and Syria go to the altar.

Havana, Cuba
North America

Trump lifted sanctions on Syria. Now do Cuba.

Trump and Putin on phone
Europe

Good, bad and ugly: Impact of US Iran strikes on Russia war talks

Trump and Keith Kellogg
Europe

Trump's silence on loss of Ukraine lithium territory speaks volumes

QiOSK

Staff quick takes, dispatches, and breaking news

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QiOSK

On a roll: Trump to host 5 African leaders this week

Critics would say this active interest in the continent is purely transactional. But to get to deals, there must be peace.

BRICS takes aim at Israel as it wades into geopolitical conflicts

Are you a terrorist?

Diplomacy Watch: Staring down the barrel of a summer offensive

Charges of US contractor shootings in Gaza recall ugly Blackwater era

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

Netanyahu, Trump, and Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa

Shotgun wedding? Israel and Syria go to the altar.


The two historic rivals are reportedly in advanced talks to end hostilities, but Netanyahu has much more to gain from the proposal

Outside the Bubble Watch the latest QI reports

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Are you a terrorist?

Washington Politics

Trump steve Bannon

Don't read the funeral rites for MAGA restraint yet

US capitol building washington DC

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

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and President of Russia Vladimir Putin

Westerners foolishly rush to defend Azerbaijan against Russia

Does Germany’s ruling coalition have a peace problem?

Good, bad and ugly: Impact of US Iran strikes on Russia war talks

Trump's silence on loss of Ukraine lithium territory speaks volumes

north america

Havana, Cuba

Trump lifted sanctions on Syria. Now do Cuba.

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

Military Industrial Complex

Trump Netanyahu

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

The president tapped into mass distrust of the Military Industrial Complex to win re-election, which remains true in recent surveys

Media

Tucker Carlson Pezeshkian

Tucker Carlson 'platforming' Iranian president is an American tradition

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

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