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        Israel's Wars
    

        With focus on Iran and Gaza, Israel is quietly annexing the West Bank
    
Paul R. Pillar
March 03, 2026

        Israel launches Bible study program targeting US evangelicals
    
Nick Cleveland-Stout
Connor Echols
February 28, 2026

        Mysterious 'peace' groups are sending Americans pro-Israel texts
    
Nick Cleveland-Stout
February 09, 2026

        As US-Iran talks resume, will Israel play spoiler (again)?
    
Eldar Mamedov
February 05, 2026

        Most Read
    

        Did Caine just announce the Morgenthau option for Iran?
    
Steven Simon
March 10, 2026

        Congress quietly moves US closer to military draft
    
Edward Hasbrouck
December 16, 2025

        Even if team Trump wanted it, a military draft would be a fiasco
    
Edward Hasbrouck
March 10, 2026

        Not so diplomatic: Witkoff, Kushner, and Trump’s march to war in Iran
    
Branko Marcetic
March 14, 2026

        Are we on the precipice of World War III?
    
Dan Grazier
March 12, 2026
Global Crises
        Trump's ill-fated attempt to copy Israel's 'mowing the grass' strategy
    From Venezuela to Iran, the president thinks he can avoid 'the forever war trap' but that is exactly what we're going to get
Brandan P. Buck
March 16, 2026
Military Industrial Complex
        Weapons makers, foreign states lavish $32 million on US think tanks
    
Nick Cleveland-Stout
Ben Freeman
March 16, 2026
Global Crises
        ‘Water War’ rages as India-Pakistan tensions reach boiling point
    
Leah Schroeder
March 16, 2026
Middle East
        Not so diplomatic: Witkoff, Kushner, and Trump’s march to war in Iran
    
Branko Marcetic
March 14, 2026
Latin America
        As Iran war rages, Washington opens a new front in Ecuador
    
Pedro Labayen Herrera
March 13, 2026
Africa
        Trump's 'commercial diplomacy' runs into violent reality
    
Dan M. Ford
Lee Schlenker
March 12, 2026
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        Hegseth lauds Iran campaign but ignores shrinking US stockpiles
    Washington burned through $5.6 billion in munitions in first two days of war, according to the Pentagon’s own estimates
Stavroula Pabst
March 13, 2026

        Israel’s push for Somaliland base raises fears of wider war
    
Dan M. Ford
March 12, 2026

        Most Iranian Americans want diplomacy with Iran: poll
    
Leah Schroeder
March 12, 2026

        Oil disruption from Iran war won’t end any time soon
    
Karthik Sankaran
March 11, 2026

        Why did mainstream media slow-walk coverage of school attack?
    
Stavroula Pabst
March 10, 2026

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        QI honors Reps. Khanna, Massie for reining in militarism
    
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        Africa
    

        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

        Is Somaliland recognition worth a new Israeli outpost on the Red Sea?
    
Connor Echols
January 07, 2026
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        Latin America
    

        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

        Chile, meet Donroe: Rubio yanks visas over proposed China deal
    
Jorge Heine
February 26, 2026
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        Europe
    

        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

        On Iran, Spain's Sanchez rises above the bowed heads of Europe
    
Eldar Mamedov
March 05, 2026

        France and Germany launch Europe's nuclear Plan B
    
Molly O'Neal
March 05, 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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Israel's Wars

Most Read

From Venezuela to Iran, the president thinks he can avoid 'the forever war trap' but that is exactly what we're going to get

QiOSK

Washington burned through $5.6 billion in munitions in first two days of war, according to the Pentagon’s own estimates

Asia-Pacific

Middle east

Reports indicate that two of the president’s key advisers offered misleading advice that helped push the US toward conflict

Outside the Bubble Watch the latest QI reports

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Washington Politics

Africa

Latin America

Europe

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Military Industrial Complex

The option of conscripting Americans for military service in Iran may be 'on the table' but it won't work. Here's why.

Media

Global Crises

From Venezuela to Iran, the president thinks he can avoid 'the forever war trap' but that is exactly what we're going to get

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