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Trump's quick hits allow for  AFRICOM comeback on continent
Africa

Trump's quick hits allow for  AFRICOM comeback on continent

The military command was on its way ou, but the president's penchant for airstrikes in Nigeria and potential intervention in Mali is giving it new purpose

Are US and Israel benefitting from 'migration blackmail' against Spain?
Africa

Are US and Israel benefitting from 'migration blackmail' against Spain?

Analysts accuse Morocco of unleashing undocumented migrants into Ceuta. Many note how Tel Aviv and Washington are seizing the moment with particular zeal.

Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) speaking with Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) at a meeting of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (a.k.a. U.S. Helsinki Commission) at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, on Nov. 19, 2024.
Europe

The Helsinki Commission is a Cold War relic that needs to go

It's become a shadow State Department that is undermining US foreign policy, particularly in Georgia

ATACMS
QiOSK

Iran and Ukraine depleted 'virtually all' US long-range missiles: Report

Today's munitions crisis is acute but has been years in the making

US is the real loser if Senate passes virtue signaling Russia sanctions
Europe

US is the real loser if Senate passes virtue signaling Russia sanctions

Lawmakers will feel good voting for Lindsey Graham's 'passion project' but it won't end the war and if anything hurts American economic and political interests

Robert Kagan
Washington Politics

Robert Kagan: Sometimes US intervention is worth blowback

In a wide-ranging interview with RS, the hawkish historian talks primacy, neoconservatives, and why he opposes the war in Iran