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Squeezed between hostile powers, Turkey tries playing it cool

Erdogan knows he is sitting on a geopolitical tinder box, with a long war threatening Kurdish uprisings, refugees, and a possible showdown with Israel

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Gulf War I was a Pyrrhic victory that led to another avoidable war today

Iran’s regional power and political influence greatly expanded after its nemesis Saddam Hussein was finally removed, with all too obvious implications

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Veterans warn US landing could be 'more Gallipoli than Vietnam'

News today about troops deploying from 82nd Airborne division raises the stakes, with some pointing out there has been no clear strategy for using them

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Washington Politics

Republicans stepping up skepticism over $200B war request

Some who would otherwise support the war say they have no idea what the huge supplemental budget request is supposed to pay for

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Global Crises

The road to Beijing doesn't run through Tehran

However the Iran war unfolds, it will prove to be a strategic self-own in our great-power competition with China

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Middle East

The destruction of Gaza has not ended

In "A Historian in Gaza," Jean-Pierre Filiu bears witness to devastation the world has started to overlook