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The EU's pathetic response to Trump's Iran attack

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

A regulated consortium for civilian power with Gulf state neighbors is still on the table

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Military Industrial Complex

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

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How the weapons industry pushed Trump toward war with Iran

The president watched a lot of Fox News, which was dominated by defense contractor voices advocating US strikes

Senate vote to exert war powers over Trump fails

Diplomacy Watch: Did Israel’s war on Iran help Russia?

Trump: Question the strikes = demeaning the troops

Why South Korea's new president skipped the NATO summit

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

Mohammad Bin Salman Trump Ayatollah Khomenei

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

A regulated consortium for civilian power with Gulf state neighbors is still on the table

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Lawmakers owning defense stocks: How corrupt is that?

Washington Politics

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Don't read the funeral rites for MAGA restraint yet

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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

Could Trump's Congo-Rwanda mineral deals actually save lives?

Could Trump's Congo-Rwanda mineral deals actually save lives?

Wagner mercenaries declare 'mission accomplished' in Mali

Will Sudan attack the UAE?

Trump and Ramaphosa: Awkward meeting could have upsides

Latin America

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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

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Did Trump just dump the Ukraine War into the Europeans' lap?

UN Charter turns 80: Why do Europeans mock it so?

The 17 Ukraine war peace terms the US must put before NATO

How NATO military doctrine failed Ukraine on the battlefield

north america

David McGuinty Canada

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

Trump should take the victory in Canada and move on

Military Industrial Complex

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Army prematurely pushes Black Hawk replacement into production

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How the weapons industry pushed Trump toward war with Iran

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Tucker escalates war with neocons over Iran

Mark Levin

The great fade out: Neocon influencers rage as they diminish

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Global Crises

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The hidden costs of Trump's 'madman' approach to tariffs

The downsides of his trade policies are symptoms of a larger strategic flaw