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American Special Operations
Military Industrial Complex

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

Iran
Middle East

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

Reckless fantasies of balkanizing the country misunderstand Iranian nationalism and risks catastrophic blowback

Trump and Putin on phone
Europe

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

The are a number of signals Putin can glean from Trump's Middle East moves, some which push progress back, not forward, to peace.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan Benjamin Netanyahu
Middle East

Why Israel is now turning its sights on Turkey

An intensified rivalry between the two Middle East powers is not a question of 'if' but 'how'

Trump Netanyahu in Washington
Middle East

Netanyahu returns to DC — in triumph or with more to ask?

Gaza ceasefire, bombing Iran again, normalization — all may be on the White House meeting docket Monday. But likely this is more political theater.

Trump Netanyahu
Military Industrial Complex

Polls: Americans don't support Trump's war on Iran

The president tapped into mass distrust of the Military Industrial Complex to win re-election, which remains true in recent surveys