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Iran War

Why the Trump administration will have to accept a Hormuz toll

Let them eat burritos: Out of touch influencers risk all for Trump war

The rise or fail of middle powers will determine Middle East peace

Surprise strikes signal Iran is digging in for a long war

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Robert Kagan: Sometimes US intervention is worth blowback

Russia's lockdown of Odessa ports could be a grim turning point in war

Surprise strikes signal Iran is digging in for a long war

Are US and Israel benefitting from 'migration blackmail' in Spain?

Let them eat burritos: Out of touch influencers risk all for Trump war

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif chat after signing a joint defense agreement in Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Middle East

The Houthis could be first big test for Mecca mutual defense pact

How will Turkey and Pakistan respond to an attack on Saudi Arabia from its Iran-aligned enemies in Yemen?

thiopian Chief of the General Staff of the Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF), Field Marshal Birhanu Jula, salutes as he attends a public rally dubbed "Ethiopia Can", marking the completion of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Africa

How the Egypt-Ethiopia feud could upend Trump's plans in Africa

Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi, Acting Foreign Minister of Afghanistan Amir Khan Muttaqi, and Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Pakistan Mohammad Ishaq Dar
Asia-Pacific

When US left Afghanistan, China moved in. So how's it going?

Odessa ports
Europe

Russia's lockdown of Odessa ports could be a grim turning point in war

Puntland security forces
Africa

US military marching into Puntland as Red Sea tensions escalate

President Donald Trump announces plans for a “Golden Fleet” of new U.S. Navy battleships, including the Trump-class battleship.
Military Industrial Complex

Trump's $23 billion ship will be outdated before it even hits water

QiOSK

Staff quick takes, dispatches, and breaking news

President Donald Trump sits on stage at the inaugural meeting of the Board of Peace in February 2026.
QiOSK

Bored of Peace: Why is Trump undermining his own Gaza plan?

For a few fleeting days, there was a deal that would have disarmed Hamas and secured an Israeli withdrawal from the strip

El-Sayed overcomes $30 million AIPAC spend, wins Michigan primary

Iran, Ukraine wars depleted 'virtually all' US long-range missiles: Report

Navy retiring USS Fort Worth halfway through lifespan

How much is your support for Israel worth? Try $1 billion.

Asia-Pacific

Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi, Acting Foreign Minister of Afghanistan Amir Khan Muttaqi, and Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Pakistan Mohammad Ishaq Dar

When US left Afghanistan, China moved in. So how's it going?

As Myanmar collapses, it’s time for China to step up and be the hero

As Myanmar collapses, it’s time for China to step up and be the hero

China just got one step closer to its own nuclear triad

China just got one step closer to its own nuclear triad

Goodbye Indo-Pacific, hello first island chain!

Goodbye Indo-Pacific, hello first island chain!

Middle east

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif chat after signing a joint defense agreement in Mecca, Saudi Arabia

The Houthis could be first big test for Mecca mutual defense pact

How will Turkey and Pakistan respond to an attack on Saudi Arabia from its Iran-aligned enemies in Yemen?

Outside the Bubble Watch the latest QI reports

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How much is your support for Israel worth? Try $1 billion.

Washington Politics

Ben Shapiro

Let them eat burritos: Out of touch influencers risk all for Trump war

Robert Kagan

Robert Kagan: Sometimes US intervention is worth blowback

John Thune Senate leadership

Party elites so blind they can't see their base turning against the war

South Carolina Senators Fritz Hollings and Lindsey Graham,

Before Lindsey there was Fritz, an anti-Iraq war, Israel skeptic

Africa

thiopian Chief of the General Staff of the Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF), Field Marshal Birhanu Jula, salutes as he attends a public rally dubbed "Ethiopia Can", marking the completion of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

How the Egypt-Ethiopia feud could upend Trump's plans in Africa

US military marching into Puntland as Red Sea tensions escalate

DRC president claims Trump deal requires he seize another term

Are US and Israel benefitting from 'migration blackmail' in Spain?

Latin America

Trump's favorite drug trafficker returns triumphantly to Honduras

Trump's favorite drug trafficker returns triumphantly to Honduras

What a US war with Cuba would really look like

'ISIS of the Western Hemisphere'? Latin America isn't buying it

Can Cuba outlast Marco Rubio?

Europe

Odessa ports

Russia's lockdown of Odessa ports could be a grim turning point in war

The Helsinki Commission is a Cold War relic that needs to go

US is the real loser if Senate passes virtue signaling Russia sanctions

Trouble in Paris? There's a Gaullist cure for that American hubris

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

DoD scrambles for new drone plans as Iran shoots down costly Reapers

DoD scrambles for new drone plans as Iran shoots down costly Reapers

This week in The Bunker: The Pentagon goes sci-fi with push for more unmanned vehicles and laser weapons

Media

Mark Levin Jack Keane Fox News

Fox News screaming desperately into wind as Trump loses grip

How much is your support for Israel worth? Try $1 billion.

How much is your support for Israel worth? Try $1 billion.

Ukraine landmines

Ukraine's 'turned tide' doesn't comport 'with basic military reality'

World War I propaganda poster

When Democrats were smearing socialists over war

Global Crises

Trump oil fields

Trump is playing chicken with America's oil reserves

The US risks depleting its emergency petroleum supplies even as it escalates with Iran