Europe
Germany's grandstanding on Iran: The best Europe can muster?
Chancellor Merz predicts the demise of the regime, but it's just more performative rhetoric, not strategy, and helps no one
January 15, 2026
Chancellor Merz predicts the demise of the regime, but it's just more performative rhetoric, not strategy, and helps no one
The president went from praising ‘the wars we never get into’ to seeing how many the US can get into, and prominent members of his base are eating it up
The move will send shockwaves across the Middle East, where the organization has deep roots
Every violent protest — of which there have been several over the last decade — takes a little more away from the government's legitimacy
The president is already walking back 'lock and loaded' promises to intervene in protests across the country
The Emiratis' desire to crush Islamists and dominate geopolitically at all costs, particularly in Yemen and Sudan, is clashing with old friends in Riyadh
