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        Iran War
    

        'A Nakba of 2026': An IDF reservist recounts his time in Lebanon
    
Branko Marcetic
June 11, 2026

        Trump is losing control of the Iran war
    
Connor Echols
June 08, 2026

        Oman walks a tightrope amid Trump's threats to 'blow them up'
    
Elfadil Ibrahim
June 04, 2026

        Trump's art of the deal meets Iran's long memory of foreign exploitation
    
Tanya Goudsouzian
Ibrahim Al-Marashi
June 04, 2026

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        Look who’s losing it over Trump’s Iran deal
    
Jack Hunter
June 17, 2026

        Senate wants to force US to share sensitive intel with Israel
    
Paul R. Pillar
June 10, 2026

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

        Big surprise: Bolton gets Petraeus treatment after copping to charges
    
Jack Hunter
June 10, 2026

        The Kushner-Israel nexus behind the Albania 'flamingo revolution'
    
Eldar Mamedov
June 15, 2026
Middle East
        Trump ended his idiotic Iran war. Good.
    Was it worth it? Of course not. But comparing his Iran deal with Obama's or decrying the terms risks falling into the same traps as previous presidents
Trita Parsi
June 18, 2026
Middle East
        The Strait of Hormuz to re-open. Now what?
    
Karthik Sankaran
June 18, 2026
Middle East
        After the Iran War, is UAE the odd man out?
    
Giorgio Cafiero
June 18, 2026
Middle East
        Meet the biggest winner of the war with Iran
    
Muhammad Sahimi
June 18, 2026
Washington Politics
        Look who’s losing it over Trump’s Iran deal
    
Jack Hunter
June 17, 2026
Middle East
        What would happen if US actually cut off military aid to Israel?
    
Connor Echols
June 17, 2026
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        The US wants to end aid to Israel but replace it with something worse
    Always at War breaks down how and why Congress is trying to move the controversial relationship out of the public eye
Alex Jordan
C. Kaye Rawlings
June 17, 2026

        Turns out F-35 is fully mission capable only some of the time
    
Stavroula Pabst
June 16, 2026

        Politically charged Dems call Trump deal 'surrender' and 'humiliation'
    
Blaise Malley
June 15, 2026

        Lawmakers target private equity’s growing chokehold on arms industry
    
Stavroula Pabst
June 12, 2026

        'Break their will!' Republicans want Trump to fight Iran, not make deal
    
Blaise Malley
June 11, 2026

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        Africa
    

        How a shake-up in Senegal could strengthen Trump's hand in the Sahel
    
Taiwo Hassan
June 05, 2026

        Dying in Diesel protests: Africa slammed by Iran war energy crisis
    
Dan M. Ford
May 27, 2026

        Trump's intensified airstrikes in Nigeria are strategically pointless
    
Alex Thurston
May 26, 2026

        What will the West do if Mali falls to jihadists?
    
Alex Thurston
May 05, 2026
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        Latin America
    

        No clear winner: Colombia's hard right and left will battle out in runoff
    
Lee Schlenker
June 01, 2026

        Sunday's election could put Colombia back on team Trump
    
Gimena Sanchez-Garzoli
May 30, 2026

        Noboa's Ecuador: Is this what 'partnering' with the US looks like?
    
Guillaume Long
Lola Allen
May 28, 2026

        Face the facts: China isn't leaving Latin America anytime soon
    
Jorge Heine
May 27, 2026
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        Europe
    

        Trump is blowing his chance to make peace in Ukraine
    
Jennifer Kavanagh
June 16, 2026

        The Kushner-Israel nexus behind the Albania 'flamingo revolution'
    
Eldar Mamedov
June 15, 2026

        Europe wants to force Ukrainian refugees to return home to fight
    
Naman Karl-Thomas Habtom
June 12, 2026

        Why a single 'peace deal' for Ukraine war just won't work
    
Ian Proud
June 11, 2026
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        north america
    

        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

        Trump's Greenland, Canada threats reflect angst over Russia shipping
    
Ian Proud
February 02, 2026
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Iran War

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Was it worth it? Of course not. But comparing his Iran deal with Obama's or decrying the terms risks falling into the same traps as previous presidents

QiOSK

Always at War breaks down how and why Congress is trying to move the controversial relationship out of the public eye

Asia-Pacific

Middle east

Was it worth it? Of course not. But comparing his Iran deal with Obama's or decrying the terms risks falling into the same traps as previous presidents

Outside the Bubble Watch the latest QI reports

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Trump is using a classic negotiating tactic to pave the way for historically high military spending

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The Holy See's recent encyclical is as much about foreign policy as it is about theology

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