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Xi Jinping
Asia-Pacific

Why Texas should invite Xi Jinping to a rodeo

The state's ban on interactions with Chinese leaders is baseless and counterproductive

POGO The Bunker
Military Industrial Complex

Golden Dome, mission impossible

This week in The Bunker: Nuke test water muddying, Lockheed hypes MIA readiness, and a heartfelt helmet tip to vets

Nigeria violence
Africa

What Trump should know before going 'guns-a-blazing' into Nigeria

The country is riven with horrific violence — but anti-Christianity is not the driving force and perpetrators are not all the same

Trump Netanyahu
Washington Politics

A sneak peek at how Americans view Trump foreign policy so far

Overall, half don't think he is doing such a great job, but most responses fall predictably along partisan lines

Marco Rubio
Latin America

Death knell for the Summit of the Americas?

Washington’s bullying has deepened divisions and crippled the hemisphere’s premier diplomatic forum

Hegseth NATO
Military Industrial Complex

Hegseth wants to make the Pentagon a global arms bazaar

The defense secretary is expected to roll out new mandates that would in part assist the weapons industry with international business. Why?