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Iran War

Will Gulf states turn to Israel for protection from Iran?

Rubio floats a disastrous plan for disarming Hezbollah

Iran killed any delusions of US military domination over China

Iran and Russia are gaming the United States, and winning

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Trump’s Iran blockade snatches defeat from the jaws of victory

Iran killed any delusions of US military domination over China

The US will suffer more from oil  shock than China, Russia, or EU

Iran and Russia are gaming the United States, and winning

No more ‘daddy’? Trump becoming orphan with Euros over Iran

Trump right to take troops out of Germany. Now see where they go.
Europe

Trump right to take troops out of Germany. Now see where they go.

US force posture in Europe needed a strategic trim, but some lawmakers want these soldiers to go closer to Russia. They should come home.

Trump sons
Washington Politics

Five shameless moments of Iran war opportunism & grifting

Vietnam Linebacker bombing
Middle East

'Christmas bombings' worked in Vietnam but won't drag Iran to table

What will the West do if Mali falls to jihadists?
Africa

What will the West do if Mali falls to jihadists?

How Trump's diplomacy is shaping the war in the eastern Congo
Africa

How Trump's diplomacy is shaping the war in the eastern Congo

Spurned by Sahel, France courts Kenya, a place it didn't colonize
Africa

Spurned by Sahel, France courts Kenya, a place it didn't colonize

QiOSK

Staff quick takes, dispatches, and breaking news

Dems push Trump to acknowledge Israeli nukes
QiOSK

Dems push Trump to acknowledge Israeli nukes

30 members of Congress demanded recognition of the long-standing open secret

Navy to 'guide' vessels through the Hormuz Strait. Well, sort of.

US wants to use hypersonic missile on Iran. Problem is, it may not work.

Sanders urges cooperation with China to avert AI apocalypse

Another view: Forward US bases in Middle East are not obsolete

Asia-Pacific

Donald Trump Xi Jinping

War has significantly altered major Trump meeting with Xi

apan Ground Self-Defense Force long-range missile launcher

Japan's new long-range missiles put US-China on collision course

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un

Kim Jong Un waiting for Trump, but there's a path right in front of him

China electric cars

On energy, China can sit this crisis out. Here's why.

Middle east

Vietnam Linebacker bombing

'Christmas bombings' worked in Vietnam but won't drag Iran to table

The military and diplomatic situation in the Persian Gulf bears virtually no similarity to that in 1972. Here's why.

Outside the Bubble Watch the latest QI reports

Lawmakers owning defense stocks: How corrupt is that?play icon

Lawmakers owning defense stocks: How corrupt is that?

Washington Politics

Trump sons

Five shameless moments of Iran war opportunism & grifting

Driscoll Hegseth

Army Secretary Driscoll struggles to survive wild west Pentagon

This Democratic insider wants to rewrite the party’s Israel playbook

This Democratic insider wants to rewrite the party’s Israel playbook

AUMF iran

GOP senators want to give Trump official blessing for Iran war

Africa

What will the West do if Mali falls to jihadists?

What will the West do if Mali falls to jihadists?

Sniffing out Red Sea access, US in line to be Eritrea's latest suitor

How Trump's diplomacy is shaping the war in the eastern Congo

Spurned by Sahel, France courts Kenya, a place it didn't colonize

Latin America

US: Open shipping for me but not for thee (looking at you China)

US: Open shipping for me but not for thee (looking at you China)

In Cuba a deadlock is more likely than a deal

Despite Trump's threats, a US-Cuba deal is taking shape

65 yrs after first one, Trump's 'Bay of Pigs' may take many forms

Europe

Trump right to take troops out of Germany. Now see where they go.

Trump right to take troops out of Germany. Now see where they go.

No more ‘daddy’? Trump becoming orphan with Euros over Iran

Election of so-called 'Putin agent' is no surprise to ordinary Bulgarians

The EU still has no guts when it comes to Israel

north america

Haiti gang violence

Throwing thousands more soldiers at Haiti will not solve this crisis

CIA deaths in Mexico: Is Trump playing with fire?

Trump's Greenland, Canada threats reflect angst over Russia shipping

Canada is not interested in White House boot licking. So what?

Military Industrial Complex

POGO The Bunker

Waging war across three domains

This week in The Bunker: SECDEF Pete Hegseth steps up his carpet-bombing of the press and more

Media

Iran school attack

Why did mainstream media slow-walk coverage of school attack?

Gen Z doesn't have the same hang-ups about Iran as older Americans

Gen Z doesn't have the same hang-ups about Iran as older Americans

Ngo Dinh Diem vietnam coup assassination

'Kennedy's Coup' signaled regime change doom loop for US

Hegseth to take control of Stars & Stripes for 'warfighter' makeover

Hegseth to take control of Stars & Stripes for 'warfighter' makeover

Global Crises

American farmers fertilizer

Trump risks war backlash from the heartland: American farmers

Even if Gulf shipping reopens tomorrow, supply lags and energy costs are driving fertilizer and other input costs sky high — just in time for planting season