Washington Politics
4 ways Team Trump reminded us of Bush-Cheney in 2025
From WMDs to bombing Iran, the president who consistently mocked the GWOT is now pushing the same old buttons
December 31, 2025
Latin America
Latin America
Aargh! Letters of marque would unleash Blackbeard on the cartels
In order for Congress to shirk its duty to declare a legal war, Sen. Mike Lee would resurrect the age of piracy
December 29, 2025
Latin America
Pope Leo's crack team of diplomats face war in Venezuela
The Catholic church is no friend of Nicolas Maduro, but the newish Peruvian-American pontiff is quietly determined to head off a US conflict there.
December 24, 2025
Washington Politics
Trump national security logic: rare earths and fossil fuels
For all its defects, the new National Security Strategy is an ice-breaker, and opens up policy space not seen in 40, 50 or perhaps 60 years.
December 22, 2025
Military Industrial Complex
Experts at oil & weapons-funded think tank: 'Go big' in Venezuela
Staffers at CSIS didn't disclose that the org they work for gets money from the likes of Exxon and Lockheed Martin
December 22, 2025
QiOSK
'Reckless' US ops in Caribbean lead to near-misses with passenger planes
Washington’s ongoing escalation in a busy airspace in the Caribbean could be ‘recipe for disaster’
December 19, 2025
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