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Iran War

If Trump wants out of war he needs to stand up to Israel on Lebanon

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

Five shameless moments of Iran war opportunism & grifting

The Persian Gulf is blowing up. These 3 obstacles explain why.

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'One big glow': Did Trump just threaten to hit Iran with nukes?

Iran war marks the end of American primacy as we know it

Five shameless moments of Iran war opportunism & grifting

What will the West do if Mali falls to jihadists?

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

Democrats are sleepwalking toward a hawkish China policy
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Democrats are sleepwalking toward a hawkish China policy

Trump has opened the door to rethinking ties with Beijing, but the opportunity won’t last forever

Democrats appear to be catching up with their voters on Israel
Washington Politics

Democrats appear to be catching up with their voters on Israel

Why Gulf data centers became deliberate targets in Iran War
Middle East

Why Gulf data centers became deliberate targets in Iran War

Andriy Yermak with Volodymyr Zelensky
Europe

Poll: Ukrainians more threatened by corruption than by Russia

Lockheed Martin
Military Industrial Complex

Lockheed's new Pentagon deal makes a bad bargain worse

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Europe

Trump's troop withdrawals from Germany might backfire. Here's why.

QiOSK

Staff quick takes, dispatches, and breaking news

Trump Beijing
QiOSK

Picking up on the vibes in Beijing before major Trump-Xi visit

Insights from my trip two weeks ago: Beijing doesn't want to indulge Trump's actions in Iran, nor lead international condemnation or an 'Axis of Upheaval'

CBO: Golden Dome to cost $1.2 trillion

Hegseth: fears that stockpiles depleted are 'foolishly' overstated

2 hearings, 0 justification for a $1.5 trillion military budget

'One big glow': Did Trump just threaten to hit Iran with nukes?

Asia-Pacific

Taiwan is looming over this week's Trump and Xi summit

Taiwan is looming over this week's Trump and Xi summit

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

Middle east

Why Gulf data centers became deliberate targets in Iran War

Why Gulf data centers became deliberate targets in Iran War

Not only did the US make the placement and investment in these tech warehouses a ‘loyalty test,’ they then made them dual use for Washington’s military

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

Democrats are sleepwalking toward a hawkish China policy

Democrats are sleepwalking toward a hawkish China policy

Democrats appear to be catching up with their voters on Israel

Democrats appear to be catching up with their voters on Israel

Trump sons

Five shameless moments of Iran war opportunism & grifting

Driscoll Hegseth

Army Secretary Driscoll struggles to survive wild west Pentagon

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

Marco Rubio Cuba

As Rubio turns into punisher, Cubans wary of final blow

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

Europe

Ukraine's conscription crisis is getting increasingly bloody

Ukraine's conscription crisis is getting increasingly bloody

Poll: Ukrainians more threatened by corruption than by Russia

Trump's troop withdrawals from Germany might backfire. Here's why.

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

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

USS Boise

Attack sub USS Boise scuttled after only one patrol in 11 years

It's been docked for repairs for a decade, costing the taxpayer $800 million — a poster child for the Navy’s procurement issues

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

Trump's cuts are pushing the UN out of Geneva. That may be a win.

Trump's cuts are pushing the UN out of Geneva. That may be a win.

Budget shortfalls could force the organization to move closer to the communities that it's meant to serve