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Pete Hegseth
QiOSK

Hegseth lauds Iran campaign but ignores shrinking US stockpiles

Washington burned through $5.6 billion in munitions in first two days of war, according to the Pentagon’s own estimates

Trump's war is a gift to Iran’s hardliners
Middle East

Trump's war is a gift to Iran’s hardliners

Conflict risks strengthening the country's most confrontational actors while narrowing the space for reformists

Israel’s push for Somaliland base raises fears of wider war
QiOSK

Israel’s push for Somaliland base raises fears of wider war

A security presence in the Horn of Africa could draw an already fragile region into Middle East war.

Are we on the precipice of World War III?
Global Crises

Are we on the precipice of World War III?

Countless potential black swan events could spark a collapse of our fragile geopolitical order

Masoud Pezeshkian
Military Industrial Complex

What do we actually know about Iran's nuclear program? Not much.

We have traded transparency for destruction, verification for guesswork, and diplomacy for a widening conflict whose outcome is less certain everyday

Lebanon southern beirut
Middle East

Why Hezbollah's 'irrational' gambit against Israel makes sense

It is fighting for the survival of the organization and of Shiites there, and in the region. The US would be wise not to get sucked into this conflict, too