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        Israel's Wars
    

        By suspending 37 aid orgs is Israel pushing toward a final expulsion?
    
Eve Ottenberg
January 09, 2026

        Four major dynamics in Gaza War that will impact 2026
    
Khaled Elgindy
Annelle Sheline
December 29, 2025

        Think a $35B gas deal will thaw Egypt toward Israel? Not so fast.
    
Elfadil Ibrahim
December 23, 2025

        Does Israel really still need a 'qualitative military edge' ?
    
Josh Paul
December 23, 2025

        Most Read
    

        Tech billionaires behind Greenland bid want to build 'freedom cities'
    
Pavel Devyatkin
January 13, 2026

        If Europe starts attacking Russian cargo ships, all bets are off
    
Anatol Lieven
January 15, 2026

        Trump will be sore when Cuba domino refuses to fall
    
William LeoGrande
January 12, 2026

        Trump's new 'gangster' threats against Greenland, allies, cross line
    
Anatol Lieven
January 18, 2026

        Congress quietly moves US closer to military draft
    
Edward Hasbrouck
December 16, 2025
Europe
        RIP Amb. Robert Hunter, who warned about NATO expansion
    His work in both the Carter and Clinton administrations reflected sober analysis and the pursuit of engaging Russia and Iran rather than isolating them
Eldar Mamedov
January 20, 2026
Global Crises
        We are sleepwalking into nuclear catastrophe
    
Ivana Nikolić Hughes
Peter Kuznick
January 20, 2026
Europe
        Will NATO survive Trump?
    
Jennifer Kavanagh
January 20, 2026
Middle East
        Phase farce: No way 'Board of Peace' replaces reality in Gaza
    
Paul R. Pillar
January 19, 2026
Washington Politics
        On Greenland, Trump wants to be like Polk
    
Sam Fraser
January 17, 2026
Latin America
        In this scenario Trump's oil play could actually help Venezuelans
    
Francisco Rodriguez
January 16, 2026
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        Syrian army advances risk fragile deal with Kurdish fighters
    As Washington’s priorities have changed, the balance of power has shifted in Damascus’s favor
Adam Weinstein
Steven Simon
January 20, 2026

        Trump's new 'gangster' threats against Greenland, allies, cross line
    
Anatol Lieven
January 18, 2026

        J.D. Vance is tie-breaker killing War Powers vote
    
Stavroula Pabst
January 14, 2026

        Bipartisan outrage after Trump greenlights Nvidia chips to China
    
Leah Schroeder
January 14, 2026

        House passes sweeping ‘duty free’ pact for African imports
    
Dan M. Ford
January 13, 2026

Asia-Pacific

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        QI honors Reps. Khanna, Massie for reining in militarism
    
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Washington Politics

Does MAGA want Trump to ‘make regime change great again’?

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        Africa
    
        US trashed Somalia, can we really scold its people for coming here?
    
Ahmed Ibrahim
January 13, 2026

        Is Somaliland recognition worth a new Israeli outpost on the Red Sea?
    
Connor Echols
January 07, 2026

        6 stories that defined Trump’s approach to Africa in 2025
    
Dan M. Ford
December 31, 2025

        Trump's Christmas Day strikes on Nigeria beg question: Why Sokoto?
    
Taiwo Hassan
December 28, 2025
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        Latin America
    
        In this scenario Trump's oil play could actually help Venezuelans
    
Francisco Rodriguez
January 16, 2026

        Trump’s quest to kick America's ‘Iraq War syndrome’
    
Leah Schroeder
January 14, 2026

        Trump will be sore when Cuba domino refuses to fall
    
William LeoGrande
January 12, 2026

        Nostalgia isn't strategy: Stop the Monroe revisionism and listen
    
Brandan P. Buck
January 09, 2026
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        Europe
    
        Will NATO survive Trump?
    
Jennifer Kavanagh
January 20, 2026

        RIP Amb. Robert Hunter, who warned about NATO expansion
    
Eldar Mamedov
January 20, 2026

        Trump digs in as Europe sends troops to Greenland
    
Pavel Devyatkin
January 16, 2026

        Germany's grandstanding on Iran: The best Europe can muster?
    
Eldar Mamedov
January 15, 2026
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        north america
    
        Tech billionaires behind Greenland bid want to build 'freedom cities'
    
Pavel Devyatkin
January 13, 2026

        Is Greenland next? Denmark says, not so fast.
    
Pavel Devyatkin
January 05, 2026

        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
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Israel's Wars

Most Read

His work in both the Carter and Clinton administrations reflected sober analysis and the pursuit of engaging Russia and Iran rather than isolating them

QiOSK

As Washington’s priorities have changed, the balance of power has shifted in Damascus’s favor

Asia-Pacific

Middle east

There is no ceasefire, no aid, no Hamas disarmament, IDF withdrawal or stabilization force. Just a lot of talk about Trump-run panels with little buy-in.

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 dramatic escalation in military spending is a recipe for more waste, fraud, and abuse

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Global Crises

As Trump's invasion of Venezuela shows, the premier non-proliferation treaty has eroded and risks becoming irrelevant

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