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What the US should learn from Israel's aerial tit-for-tat with Iran
Middle East

What the US should learn from Israel's aerial tit-for-tat with Iran

The bottom line is that the potential for regional war is high as long as the Palestinian conflict remains an open regional wound

Americans go home: Both Niger and Chad yank the welcome mat
Africa

Americans go home: Both Niger and Chad yank the welcome mat

American troop withdrawals this week reflect growing anti-Western sentiment and associated strategic shifts

PBS on William F. Buckley: Not quite getting it ‘right’
Washington Politics

PBS on William F. Buckley: Not quite getting it ‘right’

A new documentary leaves out his shifting post-Cold War views, particularly on the Iraq War and neocons.


It's time for Iran and Israel to talk
Middle East

It's time for Iran and Israel to talk

It's an unlikely scenario but Tel Aviv and Tehran will have to come to a modicum of co-existence at some point before all out war breaks out

​Macron’s strategy: A 'Gaullist' betrayal of de Gaulle​
Europe

​Macron’s strategy: A 'Gaullist' betrayal of de Gaulle​

If he is not careful, the French president is going to back himself into a dangerous little corner in Ukraine

Blinken goes to China to maintain the illusion of stability
Asia-Pacific

Blinken goes to China to maintain the illusion of stability

Washington and Beijing will have to do more than stand for photo-ops if they want to stave off the march toward conflict