Asia-Pacific
If surviving Trump meeting was goal, Takaichi leaves DC a winner
The Japanese prime minister didn't get what she wanted regarding Chinese security assurances, but nor was she talked into joining Iran war
March 20, 2026
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Middle East
Iran war shows perils of America's Mideast bases
US outposts are sitting targets for Iranian strikes. It's time to start the process of closing them down
March 18, 2026
Middle East
US policy toward Lebanon is badly broken
Washington has stoked a cycle of violence by prizing Israeli security over Lebanese stability
March 18, 2026
Europe
As Trump squeezes, can de Villepin give new backbone to France?
For the former foreign minister, Emmanuel Macron’s equivocation on Iran is a retreat from the Gaullist tradition of French strategic autonomy
March 17, 2026
Military Industrial Complex
Trump wages war, his sons get payoff through savvy investments
Eric and Don Jr. are backing myriad weapons technology companies, including drones, which are very much in demand in Iran conflict
March 17, 2026
Middle East
Not so diplomatic: Witkoff, Kushner, and Trump’s march to war in Iran
Reports indicate that two of the president’s key advisers offered misleading advice that helped push the US toward conflict
March 14, 2026
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