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Why Israel is now turning its sights on Turkey

Tucker Carlson 'platforming' Iranian president is an American tradition

Good, bad and ugly: Impact of US Iran strikes on Russia war talks

Is the US now funding the bloodbath at Gaza aid centers?

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Trump's silence on loss of Ukraine lithium territory speaks volumes

Why Israel is now turning its sights on Turkey

First it was regime change, now they want to break Iran apart

Good, bad and ugly: Impact of US Iran strikes on Russia war talks

Bidenites make soft landing in heart of lucrative war industry

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Diplomacy Watch: Trump changes tune, music to Zelensky’s ears

The president’s views on Putin shifted dramatically this week

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Middle East

Lifting sanctions on Syria exposes their cruel intent

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Asia-Pacific

How China is 'eating our lunch' with soft power

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and President of Russia Vladimir Putin
Europe

Westerners foolishly rush to defend Azerbaijan against Russia

Netanyahu, Trump, and Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa
Middle East

Shotgun wedding? Israel and Syria go to the altar

Havana, Cuba
North America

Trump lifted sanctions on Syria. Now do Cuba.

QiOSK

Staff quick takes, dispatches, and breaking news

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Diplomacy Watch: Trump changes tune, music to Zelensky’s ears

The president’s views on Putin shifted dramatically this week

MTG moves to cut aid to 'nuclear armed' Israel

Graham: Trump ready 'to move' on Russia sanctions

On a roll: Trump to host 5 African leaders this week

BRICS takes aim at Israel as it wades into geopolitical conflicts

Asia-Pacific

The 8-point buzzsaw facing any invasion of Taiwan

The 8-point buzzsaw facing any invasion of Taiwan

China Malaysia

How China is 'eating our lunch' with soft power

Donald Trump

What did the US and China just agree to exactly?

Wall Street Stock Exchange

Pushing East Asia to hike defense could boomerang on Wall Street

Middle east

Syria sanctions

Lifting sanctions on Syria exposes their cruel intent

As Trump shifts US policy, former defenders now concede what was long denied — the economic war killed more than it helped

Outside the Bubble Watch the latest QI reports

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Are you a terrorist?

Washington Politics

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Don't read the funeral rites for MAGA restraint yet

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Congress moves to put the brakes on Trump's unilateral bombing

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo), Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.)

The Capitol Hill Republicans against US war with Iran

Tulsi Gabbard

Tulsi said Iran not building nukes. One senator after another ignored her.

Africa

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Post-coup juntas across the Sahel face serious crises

Could Trump's Congo-Rwanda mineral deals actually save lives?

Wagner mercenaries declare 'mission accomplished' in Mali

Will Sudan attack the UAE?

Latin America

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Taxing remittances helps make US neighbors poorer, less stable

Former Air Force commando takes top LatAm job at NSC

Bukele's dirty secret: He made deals with the worst gangs

US invasion of Panama was first step toward the 'forever wars'

Europe

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and President of Russia Vladimir Putin

Westerners foolishly rush to defend Azerbaijan against Russia

Does Germany’s ruling coalition have a peace problem?

Good, bad and ugly: Impact of US Iran strikes on Russia war talks

Trump's silence on loss of Ukraine lithium territory speaks volumes

north america

Havana, Cuba

Trump lifted sanctions on Syria. Now do Cuba.

Canada hosts pre-NATO rearmament affirmation confab

Military seizing massive swaths of public lands at the border

Why spying on Greenland isn't the problem

Military Industrial Complex

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Yes to 'Department of War' name change

This week in The Bunker: DOD's emphasis on style over substance; intruders invade an atomic US base; and more

Media

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Tucker Carlson 'platforming' Iranian president is an American tradition

Lobby Horse

How the weapons industry pushed Trump toward war with Iran

Tucker Carlson

Tucker escalates war with neocons over Iran

Mark Levin

The great fade out: Neocon influencers rage as they diminish

Global Crises

Donald Trump

The hidden costs of Trump's 'madman' approach to tariffs

The downsides of his trade policies are symptoms of a larger strategic flaw