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Why Saudi Arabia has returned to war in Yemen

Is Iran poised to withdraw from the Non-Proliferation Treaty?

Increase in Hormuz oil traffic is papering over a darker reality

Is China Trump's only hope for ending the Iran war?

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2027: The Ukraine winter we prayed wouldn't come

Why Saudi Arabia has returned to war in Yemen

NatCon 2026 in Israel: Coming home?

What did Netanyahu know before Oct. 7?

Increase in Hormuz oil traffic is papering over a darker reality

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Asia-Pacific

Why the US will never give up Diego Garcia

How the island became central to America’s maritime posture in the Indian Ocean is a complicated story that one author is eager to tell

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Latin America

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

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

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

Aviv Kohavi and Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie
Military Industrial Complex

Meet the US generals and admirals advancing Israeli policy

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Europe

Former UK diplomat: My return from Russia became a nightmare

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Washington Politics

'Major wipeout' of 2006 proportions could force a new GOP reckoning

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Staff quick takes, dispatches, and breaking news

Will Americans ever escape this 'imperialist realism'?
QiOSK

Will Americans ever escape this 'imperialist realism'?

WATCH: Author Daniel Bessner describes how US empire isn't just a pathology of Washington leadership, it's deeply engrained in our culture, too

Record number vote to raise hell over settler violence in West Bank

Trump and 14 Lat Am leaders ignite new drug-terror war at UN

Banning US diesel exports will likely backfire on Americans

In UN speech, Trump threatens to 'annihilate' Iran if no deal reached

Asia-Pacific

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

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Why South Korea won’t send military to Strait of Hormuz

AUKUS

‘The Dragon’ defined: How three capitals reimagined China

Middle east

Yemeni war

Why Saudi Arabia has returned to war in Yemen

Riyadh apparently believes that diplomacy has failed and previous efforts to appease the Houthis have merely caused their ambitions to expand.

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Will Americans ever escape this 'imperialist realism'?

Washington Politics

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'Major wipeout' of 2006 proportions could force a new GOP reckoning

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NatCon 2026 in Israel: Coming home?

Trump Oklahoma rally midterms

Red scare: Solid GOP districts reeling from war, price backlash

Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden

Do Democrats have bold enough ideas to break from the past?

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

Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivers remarks during the Shield of the Americas summit as President Donald Trump looks on

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.

Rubio's LatAm pep rally shows the limits of the Donroe Doctrine

Europe

UK border Heathrow

Former UK diplomat: My return from Russia became a nightmare

2027: The Ukraine winter we prayed wouldn't come

Bosnia's Trump-aligned kingmaker wins big despite electoral ban

They aren't in uniform, but these US companies are fighting for Ukraine

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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

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US leaves Iraq: 'Shock and awe' curdles into 'Aw, shucks'

The U.S. ends its military campaign in Baghdad after 23 years of fighting. The campaign cost 4,418 US troops their lives and will end up costing nearly $3 trillion through 2050.

Media

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

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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

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi shares a moment with Russian President Vladimir Putin as Chinese President Xi Jinping looks on during day two of the BRICS Summit in New Delhi

Against the odds, BRICS overcomes sharp divisions in New Delhi

India notched a diplomatic win by simply securing a joint declaration from the bloc amid war in the Middle East