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        Israel's Wars
    

        The Gaza ceasefire is falling apart
    
Paul R. Pillar
October 31, 2025

        Can Egypt really stop Israel from attacking Iran again?
    
Elfadil Ibrahim
October 23, 2025

        These Israeli-backed gangs could wreck the Gaza ceasefire
    
Connor Echols
October 22, 2025

        Israel wants to pay stipend to US pastors to spread the word
    
Nick Cleveland-Stout
October 15, 2025

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        Hegseth dropped big Venezuela easter egg into Quantico speech
    
Jennifer Kavanagh
November 03, 2025

        Arab leaders are no longer buying Washington's Iran story
    
Trita Parsi
November 04, 2025

        DoD promised a 'swarm' of attack drones. We're still waiting.
    
Stavroula Pabst
October 28, 2025

        Trump-Xi reset could collapse under the weight of its ambition
    
Denis Simon
October 28, 2025

        Cheney, architect of endless war, helped kill our faith in leaders
    
Kelley Beaucar Vlahos
Jim Lobe
November 04, 2025
Africa
        What Trump should know before going 'guns-a-blazing' into Nigeria
    The country is riven with horrific violence — but anti-Christianity is not the driving force and perpetrators are not all the same
Taiwo Hassan
November 07, 2025
Asia-Pacific 
        Central Asia doesn't need another great game
    
Pavel Devyatkin
November 07, 2025
Washington Politics
        A sneak peek at how Americans view Trump foreign policy so far
    
Eloise Cassier
November 06, 2025
Asia-Pacific 
        Why Texas should invite Xi Jinping to a rodeo
    
James K.  Galbraith
November 07, 2025
Middle East
        Read this Evangelical Zionist leader’s leaked suspense novel
    
Connor Echols
November 06, 2025
Latin America
        Death knell for the Summit of the Americas?
    
Jorge Heine
November 06, 2025
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QiOSK
        Biden greenlit Israel’s strikes in Lebanon, says former Israeli diplomat
    The former ambassador said his government reached 'side understandings' with Washington to continue bombing Hezbollah
Connor Echols
November 07, 2025

        Senate vote fails to block Trump attacks on Venezuela
    
Stavroula Pabst
November 06, 2025

        Arab leaders are no longer buying Washington's Iran story
    
Trita Parsi
November 04, 2025

        Cheney, architect of endless war, helped kill our faith in leaders
    
Kelley Beaucar Vlahos
Jim Lobe
November 04, 2025

        Is this Trump’s ‘Mission Accomplished’ moment?
    
Connor Echols
October 30, 2025

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        Bret Stephens' masterclass in bad logic
    
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        Africa
    

        What Trump should know before going 'guns-a-blazing' into Nigeria
    
Taiwo Hassan
November 07, 2025

        Sudan's bloody war is immune to Trump's art of the deal
    
Elfadil Ibrahim
October 30, 2025

        No, Trump did not 'end' the war in the Congo. It's as bloody as ever.
    
Dan M. Ford
October 17, 2025

        Mali in crisis: When the junta has no one left to blame but itself
    
Dan M. Ford
October 11, 2025
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        Latin America
    

        Death knell for the Summit of the Americas?
    
Jorge Heine
November 06, 2025

        With Venezuela, Trump poised to make mistake of epic proportions
    
Orlando Pérez
November 05, 2025

        Hegseth dropped big Venezuela easter egg into Quantico speech
    
Jennifer Kavanagh
November 03, 2025

        Bolivia shocker: dark horse comes out of nowhere to win presidency
    
Joseph Bouchard
October 20, 2025
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        Europe
    

        Ukraine's 'Busification' — forced conscription — is tip of the iceberg
    
Ian Proud
November 04, 2025

        On Russia-Ukraine, the misdiagnosed patient is flatlining
    
George Beebe
October 27, 2025

        Inflating Russian missile costs hides our own weapons crisis
    
Mike Fredenburg
October 27, 2025

        Why German rearmament isn't happening
    
Peter Rutland
Leo Bader
October 27, 2025
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        north america
    

        Trade review process could rock the calm in US-Mexico relations
    
Karthik Sankaran
September 15, 2025

        The rising US-NATO-Russia security dilemma in the Arctic
    
Pavel Devyatkin
September 11, 2025

        Trump takes US military one step closer to bombing drug cartels
    
Dan DePetris
August 11, 2025

        Trump lifted sanctions on Syria. Now do Cuba.
    
William LeoGrande
Geoff Thale
July 08, 2025
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Israel's Wars

Most Read

The country is riven with horrific violence — but anti-Christianity is not the driving force and perpetrators are not all the same

QiOSK

The former ambassador said his government reached 'side understandings' with Washington to continue bombing Hezbollah

Asia-Pacific

Middle east

A previously unpublished book outline gives a window into the mind of Mike Evans, an influential Trump adviser and Israel ally

Outside the Bubble Watch the latest QI reports

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Military Industrial Complex

In its quest for AI dominance, the military may have bitten off more than it can chew

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The president thinks he is signaling power to Russia and China but this could be the most dangerous gambit yet

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