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Trump Xi
Asia-Pacific

Trump-Xi reset could collapse under the weight of its ambition

The US president wants a 'big deal' after this week's much anticipated meeting, but taking on all the issues at once is doomed to fail

operating table
Europe

On Russia-Ukraine, the misdiagnosed patient is flatlining

All along we've been told this was about aggressive expansionism and applied a strategy of deterrence. That was wrong.

Patriot-missile
Europe

Inflating Russian missile costs hides our own weapons crisis

The narrative that Moscow's war is 'unsustainable' deflects from real production and performance problems in American arms to Ukraine

Rand Paul Donald Trump
Washington Politics

Rand Paul to Trump: Don't 'abandon' MAGA over Maduro regime change

The Kentucky senator isn't the only Republican questioning how the strikes on narco boats and saber rattling against Venezuela is 'America First'

On Ukraine and Venezuela, Trump needs to dump the sycophants
Europe

On Ukraine and Venezuela, Trump needs to dump the sycophants

There's a lot of smoke being blown about big 'deals' and huge 'wins.' True military professionals would tell him the hard truths.

Ken Vogel Devils' Advocates
Media

The Cowboy lobbyist who claimed he fixed an election

In the new book 'Devils' Advocates' a slick operator named Robert Stryk gives us a primer on how to sell Washington influence to foreign clients in a 'sh*tbag world'