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Israel's war on Iran broke the nuclear non-proliferation treaty

Why Israel is now turning its sights on Turkey

Tucker Carlson 'platforming' Iranian president is an American tradition

Good, bad and ugly: Impact of US Iran strikes on Russia war talks

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How Trump's 50-day deadline threat against Putin will backfire

What the West misunderstands about Iran

Even Mike Huckabee is fed up with Israel

Russia sanctions & new weapons, is Trump stuck in Groundhog Day?

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Europe

There'll be no Ukraine peace breakthroughs today — or this year

As talks resume in Istanbul Wednesday, we should be clear-eyed about the results

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev
Asia-Pacific

Is Trump's Armenia-Azeri peace plan yet another road to nowhere?

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Middle East

Israel blindsides Trump in self-serving effort to break up Syria

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Global Crises

Are Trump's aggressive policies weakening the dollar?

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Middle East

What the West misunderstands about Iran

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Middle East

Even Mike Huckabee is fed up with Israel

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Staff quick takes, dispatches, and breaking news

Congress lets Israel off the hook as more starving Gazans die
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Congress lets Israel off the hook as more starving Gazans die

What emergency? Even Code Pink unable to scare up action on Capitol Hill

Diplomacy Watch: Will Europe pay for Trump’s Ukraine aid?

Grok’s latest gig? A $200 million Pentagon contract

Saudi Arabia was the real winner at FIFA Club World Cup

Diplomacy Watch: Trump changes tune, music to Zelensky’s ears

Asia-Pacific

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev

Is Trump's Armenia-Azeri peace plan yet another road to nowhere?

Kim Jong Un

Kim Jong Un is nuking up and playing hard to get

The 8-point buzzsaw facing any invasion of Taiwan

The 8-point buzzsaw facing any invasion of Taiwan

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How China is 'eating our lunch' with soft power

Middle east

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Israel blindsides Trump in self-serving effort to break up Syria

American special envoy says strike on Damascus 'came at a very bad time'

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Are you a terrorist?

Washington Politics

Congress

Congress poised to do less oversight on arms sales

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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

Africa

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Post-coup juntas across the Sahel face serious crises

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

Wagner mercenaries declare 'mission accomplished' in Mali

Will Sudan attack the UAE?

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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There'll be no Ukraine peace breakthroughs today — or this year

A postwar Western stockpile for Ukraine that is amenable to Russia

How Trump's 50-day deadline threat against Putin will backfire

Russia sanctions & new weapons, is Trump stuck in Groundhog Day?

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Havana, Cuba

Trump lifted sanctions on Syria. Now do Cuba.

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

Military Industrial Complex

American Special Operations

American cult: Why our special ops need a reset

Time to recognize that in their current state, our elite forces are bad for the military, bad for society, and bad for the operators themselves

Media

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Tucker Carlson 'platforming' Iranian president is an American tradition

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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

Global Crises

US Dollar

Are Trump's aggressive policies weakening the dollar?

The administration's global economic strategy of decoupling and cajoling alignment is prompting other countries to reduce its exposure