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Diplomacy Watch: Trump turns the screws on Moscow
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Diplomacy Watch: Trump turns the screws on Moscow

In a sudden about-face, the president went from meeting with Putin to issuing sanctions on Russia’s top oil producers

Gaza ceasefire hanging by a thread
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Gaza ceasefire hanging by a thread

Repeated violations of Monday’s agreement could provoke a return to war

Trump returns to a failed playbook in Africa
Africa

Trump returns to a failed playbook in Africa

More US military aid for Sahel juntas won’t stop extremist violence — and may make it worse

Howard Lutnick
Military Industrial Complex

Is nationalizing the defense industry such a bad idea?

Removing the profit motive that has allowed private interests to abuse, corrupt, and metastasize the system might be a way forward — if done right.

free speech
Middle East

Criticizing Israel? This definition of antisemitism will take care of that.

Speech codes are popping up all over the US, chilling the right to question what another government is doing thousands of miles away

Armenian Prime Minister Niкol Pashinyan, Trump, Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan
Europe

Trump's gambit for the elusive South Caucasus peace deal

Everyone wants a piece of this looming detente between Azerbaijan and Armenia, as their leaders meet at the White House today