Europe
'Private Mossad' goes after pro-Palestinian leader in Slovenia
Foreign interference is the big story of last week's Slovenian elections, in which the prime minister's party narrowly won
March 30, 2026
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Middle East
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
March 26, 2026
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
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
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