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        Iran War
    

        Trump's Lebanon fantasy is running smack into reality
    
Aurélie Daher
July 30, 2026

        Zelensky's dangerous gambit to merge the Iran and Ukraine Wars
    
Trita Parsi
July 28, 2026

        Trump is playing chicken with America's oil reserves
    
Hekmat Aboukhater
July 28, 2026

        Pakistan thought it won the peace. Now, it could be dragged into war.
    
Elfadil Ibrahim
July 22, 2026

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        Ukraine's 'turned tide' doesn't comport 'with basic military reality'
    
Stavroula Pabst
July 29, 2026

        Congress quietly moves to integrate US and Israeli militaries
    
Ben Freeman
May 29, 2026

        Trump is playing chicken with America's oil reserves
    
Hekmat Aboukhater
July 28, 2026

        Zelensky's dangerous gambit to merge the Iran and Ukraine Wars
    
Trita Parsi
July 28, 2026

        Fox News screaming desperately into wind as Trump loses grip
    
Nolan Denaro
August 03, 2026
Middle East
        The collapse of national sovereignty in the Middle East
    The region has come to look like — to borrow a phrase from 17th Century philosopher Thomas Hobbes — a war of all, against all
Paul R. Pillar
August 03, 2026
Media
        Fox News screaming desperately into wind as Trump loses grip
    
Nolan Denaro
August 03, 2026
Washington Politics
        Party elites so blind they can't see their base turning against the war
    
Jack Hunter
July 31, 2026
Africa
        Will naming, shaming & sanctioning terror in Sudan stop bloodshed?
    
Alex Thurston
July 31, 2026
Europe
        Trouble in Paris? There's a Gaullist cure for that American hubris
    
Natacha Polony
July 31, 2026
Middle East
        Houthis v. Saudi Arabia: Round 2. This time it's regional.
    
Elfadil Ibrahim
July 30, 2026
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        Navy retiring USS Fort Worth halfway through lifespan
    The $400 million littoral combat ship only entered service in 2012, but suffered from myriad operational problems and had less than two years at sea
Stavroula Pabst
July 31, 2026

        How much is your support for Israel worth? Try $1 billion.
    
Courtney Rawlings
July 30, 2026

        Zelensky's big idea for Trump: Ukraine is the Israel of Europe
    
Connor Echols
July 28, 2026

        Ex-US ambassador says Palestinian state would be 'suicide' for Israel
    
Blaise Malley
July 23, 2026

        As war drags on, Ukraine’s population is collapsing
    
Stavroula Pabst
July 23, 2026

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        Africa
    

        Will naming, shaming & sanctioning terror in Sudan stop bloodshed?
    
Alex Thurston
July 31, 2026

        The new US push for peace in Libya is — surprise — about the oil
    
Dan M. Ford
Georgia Leanh Webb
July 28, 2026

        Violence in Mali risks destabilizing the Sahel
    
Jordanna Yochai
July 24, 2026

        US knows UAE fueling war in Sudan but $1.4 trillion is getting in the way
    
Elfadil Ibrahim
July 02, 2026
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        Latin America
    

        Trump's favorite drug trafficker returns triumphantly to Honduras
    
Dana Frank
July 29, 2026

        What a US war with Cuba would really look like
    
Blaise Malley
July 24, 2026

        'ISIS of the Western Hemisphere'? Latin America isn't buying it
    
Jorge Heine
July 23, 2026

        Can Cuba outlast Marco Rubio?
    
Lee Schlenker
July 22, 2026
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        Europe
    

        Trouble in Paris? There's a Gaullist cure for that American hubris
    
Natacha Polony
July 31, 2026

        Ukraine's 'turned tide' doesn't comport 'with basic military reality'
    
Stavroula Pabst
July 29, 2026

        Zelensky's dangerous gambit to merge the Iran and Ukraine Wars
    
Trita Parsi
July 28, 2026

        Zelensky's 'Freya' missile defense scheme could backfire. Here's why.
    
Jennifer Kavanagh
July 27, 2026
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        north america
    

        China and Russia and the US icebreaker race
    
Pavel Devyatkin
July 10, 2026

        Is Trump finally burying the zombie US-Mexico-Canada trade pact?
    
Karthik Sankaran
June 11, 2026

        Throwing thousands more soldiers at Haiti will not solve this crisis
    
Dan M. Ford
Joseph  Brennan
April 30, 2026

        CIA deaths in Mexico: Is Trump playing with fire?
    
Juan Rojas
April 24, 2026
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Iran War

Most Read

The region has come to look like — to borrow a phrase from 17th Century philosopher Thomas Hobbes — a war of all, against all

QiOSK

The $400 million littoral combat ship only entered service in 2012, but suffered from myriad operational problems and had less than two years at sea

Asia-Pacific

Middle east

The region has come to look like — to borrow a phrase from 17th Century philosopher Thomas Hobbes — a war of all, against all

Outside the Bubble Watch the latest QI reports

Newsletter

Washington Politics

Africa

Latin America

Europe

north america

Military Industrial Complex

The president's portfolio kept accumulating shares in companies — like Palantir and Lockheed Martin — that were benefiting directly from his global military escalations

Media

Global Crises

The US risks depleting its emergency petroleum supplies even as it escalates with Iran

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