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        Could a Blobby enclave be sowing chaos at DoD?
    
Stavroula Pabst
Kelley Beaucar Vlahos
April 23, 2025

        The US Army is about to get smaller, especially in Europe
    
Jennifer Kavanagh
April 15, 2025

        Trump tasks first time envoy with the most complex Africa conflict
    
Dan M. Ford
April 02, 2025

        Mr. Trump, you would've been lucky to have Dan Davis on your team
    
Kelley Beaucar Vlahos
March 12, 2025

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        Caldwell, 2 others sacked at DoD fight back in fiery joint statement
    
Kelley Beaucar Vlahos
April 20, 2025

        Ukraine and Europe can't afford to refuse Trump's peace plan
    
Anatol Lieven
April 24, 2025

        No Joke: US considering nuclear power for Saudi in grand bargain
    
Ivan Eland
April 21, 2025

        'It's 2025 not 1939!' EU threats over Russia Victory Day draw backlash
    
Eldar Mamedov
April 17, 2025

        Why the US can't beat al-Shabaab in Somalia
    
Ahmed Ibrahim
April 23, 2025
Asia-Pacific 
        Trump can boycott, but the failure and end of Vietnam War is a fact
    Wednesday is the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, marking the beginning of decades of repairing relations and national reflection
Paul R. Pillar
April 28, 2025
Middle East
        Enrichment is the sticking point as US-Iran talks cautiously 'hopeful'
    
Daniel Brumberg
April 28, 2025
Africa
        South Sudan teetering on the edge of civil war
    
Asha Asokan
April 28, 2025
Middle East
        Deterrence or creep? US forces quietly surge back to Middle East
    
Safia K. Southey
April 24, 2025
Middle East
        Stars are aligned for Trump's troop withdrawal from Syria
    
Matt Broomfield
April 24, 2025
Europe
        Ukraine and Europe can't afford to refuse Trump's peace plan
    
Anatol Lieven
April 24, 2025
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        China plants flag, escalates South China Sea tussle with Philippines
    Washington will need to nuance its response as it gets drawn in as Manila’s treaty ally
Sarang Shidore
April 28, 2025

        Diplomacy Watch: The White House now wielding ultimatums
    
Aaron  Sobczak
April 25, 2025

        Huckabee justifies food blockade to people he once said don’t exist
    
Aaron  Sobczak
April 22, 2025

        Can Netanyahu bury ‘Qatargate’ under Gaza's rubble?
    
Nick Cleveland-Stout
Ashley Gate
April 22, 2025

        Major US-Philippine military drills kick off amid tensions with China
    
Sarang Shidore
April 21, 2025

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        Africa
    
        South Sudan teetering on the edge of civil war
    
Asha Asokan
April 28, 2025

        Why the US can't beat al-Shabaab in Somalia
    
Ahmed Ibrahim
April 23, 2025

        Bad timing for an African trade war
    
Taiwo Hassan
April 17, 2025

        Saudi Arabia chooses sides in Sudan's civil war
    
Elfadil Ibrahim
April 03, 2025
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        Latin America
    
        Pope Francis worked miracles for US-Cuba, but not the biggest one
    
William LeoGrande
April 23, 2025

        Forecast in the Americas: Uncertainty with a chance of Trump
    
Lee Schlenker
April 09, 2025

        How Brazil will dance with Trump's America
    
Andre Pagliarini
March 26, 2025

        Trump's Latin American sticks could end up stuck in his spokes
    
Dan DePetris
March 19, 2025
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        Europe
    
        Ukraine and Europe can't afford to refuse Trump's peace plan
    
Anatol Lieven
April 24, 2025

        Manifrost destiny? Trump losing sight of real opportunity in Arctic
    
R. Jordan  Prescott
April 21, 2025

        'It's 2025 not 1939!' EU threats over Russia Victory Day draw backlash
    
Eldar Mamedov
April 17, 2025

        European rearmament: Shuffling fake money around a monopoly board?
    
Ian Proud
April 11, 2025
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        north america
    
        Trump should take the victory in Canada and move on
    
Zachary Paikin
March 31, 2025

        What awaits Marco Rubio in the Caribbean
    
Lee Schlenker
March 26, 2025

        Haiti's crisis deepens as foreign troops struggle to curb violence
    
Maya Krainc
March 19, 2025

        Trumponomics: Global South is girding for tariffs — or not
    
Karthik Sankaran
February 28, 2025
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Washington will need to nuance its response as it gets drawn in as Manila’s treaty ally

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