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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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American cult: Why our special ops need a reset

Why Israel is now turning its sights on Turkey

Westerners foolishly rush to defend Azerbaijan against Russia

How Trump's 50-day deadline threat against Putin will backfire

The 8-point buzzsaw facing any invasion of Taiwan

Israel-Syria clash puts US policy in the crosshairs, again
Middle East

Israel-Syria clash puts US policy in the crosshairs, again

Jerusalem is bombing Damascus and threatening al-Sharaa's rule, while Washington was hoping to help the nascent government on its feet

Tom Barrack
Middle East

US envoy takes lighter touch with Hezbollah in Lebanon

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Europe

A postwar Western stockpile for Ukraine that is amenable to Russia

Why new CENTCOM chief Brad Cooper is as wrong as the old one
Middle East

Why new CENTCOM chief Brad Cooper is as wrong as the old one

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Europe

Russia sanctions & new weapons, is Trump stuck in Groundhog Day?

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Middle East

Israel's war on Iran broke the nuclear non-proliferation treaty

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Staff quick takes, dispatches, and breaking news

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Grok’s latest gig? A $200 million Pentagon contract

The DoD is paying AI power hitters top dollar to bolster its bottom line, even in the ‘warfighting domain’

Saudi Arabia was the real winner at FIFA Club World Cup

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

MTG moves to cut aid to 'nuclear armed' Israel

Graham: Trump ready 'to move' on Russia sanctions

Asia-Pacific

Kim Jong Un

Kim Jong Un is nuking up and playing hard to get

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?

Middle east

Tom Barrack

US envoy takes lighter touch with Hezbollah in Lebanon

Pro-Israel forces in Washington don’t like Tom Barrack’s approach, but maybe that’s exactly what is needed

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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

Ukraine military

A postwar Western stockpile for Ukraine that is amenable to Russia

How Trump's 50-day deadline threat against Putin will backfire

Russia sanctions & new weapons, is Trump stuck in Groundhog Day?

Blob exploiting Trump's anger with Putin, risking return to Biden's war

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

American Special Operations

American cult: Why our special ops need a reset

Time to recognize that in their current state, our elite forces are bad for the military, bad for society, and bad for the operators themselves

Media

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Tucker Carlson 'platforming' Iranian president is an American tradition

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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