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        Israel's Wars
    

        Can Egypt really stop Israel from attacking Iran again?
    
Elfadil Ibrahim
October 23, 2025

        These Israeli-backed gangs could wreck the Gaza ceasefire
    
Connor Echols
October 22, 2025

        Israel wants to pay stipend to US pastors to spread the word
    
Nick Cleveland-Stout
October 15, 2025

        Will this deal work? Netanyahu has gamed everything his way so far.
    
Steven Simon
October 10, 2025

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        On Russia-Ukraine, the misdiagnosed patient is flatlining
    
George Beebe
October 27, 2025

        On Ukraine and Venezuela, Trump needs to dump the sycophants
    
Douglas Macgregor
October 24, 2025

        'Annulled'! Russia won't abide snapback sanctions on Iran
    
Eldar Mamedov
October 24, 2025

        Top admiral resigns amid Venezuela ops: Who’s got the scoop?
    
Mark Thompson
October 23, 2025

        Rand Paul to Trump: Don't 'abandon' MAGA over Maduro regime change
    
Jack Hunter
October 27, 2025
Middle East
        The Gaza ceasefire is falling apart
    Look closely, Israel is getting everything it wants while resuming deadly air strikes at will. Moreover, it is likely building up for a permanent occupation of the Strip.
Paul R. Pillar
October 31, 2025
Global Crises
        Reckless posturing: Trump says he wants to resume nuke testing
    
Pavel Devyatkin
October 30, 2025
Africa
        Sudan's bloody war is immune to Trump's art of the deal
    
Elfadil Ibrahim
October 30, 2025
Military Industrial Complex
        Are American 'boomers' at risk?
    
Mark Thompson
October 31, 2025
Asia-Pacific 
        Can Trump finally break with Biden's failed China policy?
    
Jake Werner
October 29, 2025
Middle East
        Iraq faces first quiet election in decades. Don't let that fool you.
    
James Durso
October 29, 2025
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        Is this Trump’s ‘Mission Accomplished’ moment?
    Gaza ceasefire violations are piling up as the US turns its attention elsewhere
Connor Echols
October 30, 2025

        Israeli wants to put 'Iron beam' laser on Trump’s Golden Dome
    
Stavroula Pabst
October 29, 2025

        World votes to lift Cuba embargo, again.
    
Lee Schlenker
October 29, 2025

        Is there a brewing crisis in the State Dept’s Mideast Bureau?
    
Connor Echols
October 28, 2025

        Diplomacy Watch: Trump turns the screws on Moscow
    
Connor Echols
October 24, 2025

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        Bret Stephens' masterclass in bad logic
    
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        Africa
    

        Sudan's bloody war is immune to Trump's art of the deal
    
Elfadil Ibrahim
October 30, 2025

        No, Trump did not 'end' the war in the Congo. It's as bloody as ever.
    
Dan M. Ford
October 17, 2025

        Mali in crisis: When the junta has no one left to blame but itself
    
Dan M. Ford
October 11, 2025

        Trump's surprising swing in favor of sweeping 'duty free' Africa trade
    
Dan M. Ford
October 02, 2025
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        Latin America
    

        Bolivia shocker: dark horse comes out of nowhere to win presidency
    
Joseph Bouchard
October 20, 2025

        Will Trump really attack Venezuela?
    
William LeoGrande
October 18, 2025

        Trump bet $40B on Milei, but what do Americans get out of it?
    
Karthik Sankaran
October 17, 2025

        Venezuela regime change means invasion, chaos, and heavy losses
    
Joseph Addington
October 16, 2025
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        Europe
    

        On Russia-Ukraine, the misdiagnosed patient is flatlining
    
George Beebe
October 27, 2025

        Inflating Russian missile costs hides our own weapons crisis
    
Mike Fredenburg
October 27, 2025

        Why German rearmament isn't happening
    
Peter Rutland
Leo Bader
October 27, 2025

        On Ukraine and Venezuela, Trump needs to dump the sycophants
    
Douglas Macgregor
October 24, 2025
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        north america
    

        Trade review process could rock the calm in US-Mexico relations
    
Karthik Sankaran
September 15, 2025

        The rising US-NATO-Russia security dilemma in the Arctic
    
Pavel Devyatkin
September 11, 2025

        Trump takes US military one step closer to bombing drug cartels
    
Dan DePetris
August 11, 2025

        Trump lifted sanctions on Syria. Now do Cuba.
    
William LeoGrande
Geoff Thale
July 08, 2025
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Israel's Wars

Most Read

Look closely, Israel is getting everything it wants while resuming deadly air strikes at will. Moreover, it is likely building up for a permanent occupation of the Strip.

QiOSK

Gaza ceasefire violations are piling up as the US turns its attention elsewhere

Asia-Pacific

Middle east

Look closely, Israel is getting everything it wants while resuming deadly air strikes at will. Moreover, it is likely building up for a permanent occupation of the Strip.

Outside the Bubble Watch the latest QI reports

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Washington Politics

Africa

Latin America

Europe

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Military Industrial Complex

This week in The Bunker: The House and Senate give up their power, the F-35 paperweight and the Pentagon war on the press

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Global Crises

The president thinks he is signaling power to Russia and China but this could be the most dangerous gambit yet

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