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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

By shunning the Taliban, the world is hurting normal Afghans

Rep. Aisha Wahab is right: International isolation has hurt the people while doing little to hinder the regime

BRICS summit 2026
Global Crises

The Iran war looms large as BRICS leaders gather in New Delhi

The conflict has divided members of the bloc, but India is determined to find areas of cooperation

How Congress gave up its power over war and peace
QiOSK

How Congress gave up its power over war and peace

In a new episode of Always at War, QI Advocacy Director Tori Bateman discusses why lawmakers can't seem to stop conflicts

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

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