Middle East
Does Israel really still need a 'qualitative military edge' ?
America's commitment to Israeli dominance in the Middle East seems to be backfiring
December 23, 2025
Middle East
Middle East
Think a $35B gas deal will thaw Egypt toward Israel? Not so fast.
Trump wants a summit to celebrate the agreement but the smoking ruins of Gaza appear to be getting in the way.
December 23, 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
QiOSK
As expected, Netanyahu back demanding more war with Iran
Reports: Israeli PM coming to town and he wants the US, again, to do his bidding
December 21, 2025
Middle East
The military's dependence on our citizen soldiers is killing them
The deaths of two American soldiers in Syria remind us that the National Guard wasn't designed to backstop policies that enable forever war
December 17, 2025
Middle East
Israel's all-seeing eye is the stealthiest cruelty of all in Gaza
Journalist Mohammed Mhawish describes how total surveillance is relentlessly controlling, often lethally
December 16, 2025
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