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President George W. Bush and White House staff watch news coverage of Flight 175 striking the South Tower of the World Trade Center at Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, Florida
Washington Politics

Symposium: What I miss most about pre-9/11 America

We asked diplomats, scholars, activists, and military leaders about what the US has lost in a long quarter century

Then-State Sen. Aisha Wahab speaks to the crowd gathered during the Ramadan Iftar on April 10, 2023, at the state Capitol in downtown Sacramento, California
Middle East

Rep. Aisha Wahab is right: America must talk to the Taliban

International isolation has hurt the Afghan people while doing little to hinder the regime

The Professor Molchanov sails in front of an ice sheet near Neko Harbor in Antarctica
Europe

Norway's seizure of a Russian vessel is a dangerous escalation

The move, which could help compensate Kyiv for Moscow's takeover of Crimea, comes at a volatile moment in the Arctic

Trump Zelensky
Europe

Despite Trump denials, US still sending Ukraine billions in weapons

Not only is Europe not 'paying for it,' it's enough total support — including target intelligence for deep strikes into Russia — to keep escalating the conflict

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, US President Donald Trump’s Special Envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner (R to L) hold a joint news conference outside the Mariinskyi Palace following negotiations
Europe

Peace in Ukraine remains far off despite Witkoff-Kushner effort

The visit of President Trump's envoys to Kyiv and Moscow can't change the fact that Putin thinks he has the upper hand

Gtmo
Washington Politics

Why 9/11 mastermind KSM still awaiting trial after a quarter century

By any measure, the controversial Guantanamo Bay court has failed its purpose, but believe it or not, proceedings press on.