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Military Industrial Complex

Watching US grip on global weapons market slowly slip away

This is actually a plus for American security over the long-term. Here's why.

Marco Rubio, Michel Issa, Nada Hamadeh, Moawad, Yechiel Leiter
Middle East

Lebanon talks: A 'farce' disguising something much more sinister

What Israel and the US seek is not a peace deal but an agreement to turn the government in Beirut into something like the Palestinian Authority

Think the Iran war is a disaster? Blame these DC think tanks first.
Washington Politics

Think the Iran war is a disaster? Blame these DC think tanks first.

We asked AI to find the conflict's biggest boosters in Washington. Surprise: many are connected to Israel and pushed for the invasion of Iraq too.

American farmers fertilizer
Global Crises

Trump risks war backlash from the heartland: American farmers

Even if Gulf shipping reopens tomorrow, supply lags and energy costs are driving fertilizer and other input costs sky high — just in time for planting season

Why Trump’s Hormuz blockade is headed for a bust
Middle East

Why Trump’s Hormuz blockade is headed for a bust

First of all, if Washington establishmentarians like the idea, there must be something seriously wrong with it

Peter Magyar Hungary
Europe

What Viktor Orban's crushing defeat in Hungary really means

Ascendent leader Peter Magyar is no liberal, and is certainly not pro-Ukraine but tapped into the bread and butter issues pressing on the people