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Iran War

Why Saudi Arabia has returned to war in Yemen

Is Iran poised to withdraw from the Non-Proliferation Treaty?

Increase in Hormuz oil traffic is papering over a darker reality

Is China Trump's only hope for ending the Iran war?

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High on wins in Tigray, Ethiopia now has Eritrea in its crosshairs

Why Saudi Arabia has returned to war in Yemen

2027: The Ukraine winter we prayed wouldn't come

Why Trump is likely to join Saudi war against Houthis

Former UK diplomat: My return from Russia became a nightmare

IMF World Bank spring meetings 2026
Global Crises

IMF-World Bank meetings juggle equal parts relief, dread

On one hand there's more economic resilience than expected but on the other, everyone appears waiting for the other shoe from the war to drop

French President Emmanuel Macron participates in a press conference alongside German Chancellor Friedrich Merz
Europe

Europeans shouldn't throw out the truck with the diesel deal

President Donal Trump boards a helicopter
Middle East

By pursuing a big 'win' in Iran, Trump is destined to lose

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed speaks at a news conference
Africa

High on wins in Tigray, Ethiopia now has Eritrea in its crosshairs

Diego Garcia airbase
Asia-Pacific

Why the US will never give up Diego Garcia

Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivers remarks during the Shield of the Americas summit as President Donald Trump looks on
Latin America

Trump's 'Shield of the Americas' is more fragile than it seems

QiOSK

Staff quick takes, dispatches, and breaking news

Iran war protests
QiOSK

Voters more worried about Iran war than immigration or crime: polls

As midterms approach, the conflict and its consequences loom large as campaign issues

Eisenkot aims to out-hawk Netanyahu ahead of elections

Republicans say they don't like the war but not how they'll stop it

Why Trump is likely to join Saudi war against Houthis

Will Americans ever escape this 'imperialist realism'?

Asia-Pacific

Diego Garcia airbase

Why the US will never give up Diego Garcia

Two Navy ships arrive at port in Okinawa, Japan, after service in Asia and the Middle East

The case for pulling US military back from the first island chain

Donald Trump Lee Jae Myung

Why South Korea won’t send military to Strait of Hormuz

AUKUS

‘The Dragon’ defined: How three capitals reimagined China

Middle east

President Donal Trump boards a helicopter

By pursuing a big 'win' in Iran, Trump is destined to lose

The war is most likely to end through a minimalistic ceasefire that opens a path to a broader deal

Outside the Bubble Watch the latest QI reports

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Will Americans ever escape this 'imperialist realism'?

Washington Politics

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'Major wipeout' of 2006 proportions could force a new GOP reckoning

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NatCon 2026 in Israel: Coming home?

Trump Oklahoma rally midterms

Red scare: Solid GOP districts reeling from war, price backlash

Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden

Do Democrats have bold enough ideas to break from the past?

Africa

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed speaks at a news conference

High on wins in Tigray, Ethiopia now has Eritrea in its crosshairs

Reignited violence in Ethiopia threatens to engulf the entire region

Gen. Burhan digs in as Trump's visa-for-ceasefire scheme blows up

In Red Sea crisis, Somaliland seizes leverage for US recognition

Latin America

Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivers remarks during the Shield of the Americas summit as President Donald Trump looks on

Trump's 'Shield of the Americas' is more fragile than it seems

Will Trump's efforts to boost Bolsonaro blow up in his face?

Venezuela blowback may have a long fuse. It always does.

Rubio's LatAm pep rally shows the limits of the Donroe Doctrine

Europe

French President Emmanuel Macron participates in a press conference alongside German Chancellor Friedrich Merz

Europeans shouldn't throw out the truck with the diesel deal

Former UK diplomat: My return from Russia became a nightmare

2027: The Ukraine winter we prayed wouldn't come

Bosnia's Trump-aligned kingmaker wins big despite electoral ban

north america

China and Russia and the US icebreaker race

China and Russia and the US icebreaker race

Is Trump finally burying the zombie US-Mexico-Canada trade pact?

Throwing thousands more soldiers at Haiti will not solve this crisis

CIA deaths in Mexico: Is Trump playing with fire?

Military Industrial Complex

A banner shows the Pentagon in the background and the words "The Bunker" in the foreground

US leaves Iraq: 'Shock and awe' curdles into 'Aw, shucks'

The U.S. ends its military campaign in Baghdad after 23 years of fighting. The campaign cost 4,418 US troops their lives and will end up costing nearly $3 trillion through 2050.

Media

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Unlike Sheeran, Zach Bryan read the room and wore the right shirt

Ed Sheeran

After Macklemore sacking, Ed Sheeran enters his 'Sun City' moment

Miriam Adelson looks on as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House

Israel's Lobby 2.0: What Walt & Mearsheimer didn't anticipate

Global Crises

IMF World Bank spring meetings 2026

IMF-World Bank meetings juggle equal parts relief, dread

On one hand there's more economic resilience than expected but on the other, everyone appears waiting for the other shoe from the war to drop