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Congress
Washington Politics

Congress poised to do less oversight on arms sales

New bills would continue to chip away and the legislative branch's role in shaping US foreign policy

Trump White House reporters
Europe

Russia sanctions & new weapons, is Trump stuck in Groundhog Day?

The president who insisted that the Biden era policies did not work finds himself in a rerun of his own first term on Ukraine policy.

American Special Operations
Military Industrial Complex

American cult: Why our special ops need a reset

Time to recognize that in their current state, our elite forces are bad for the military, bad for society, and bad for the operators themselves

Trump Zelensky
Europe

Blob exploiting Trump's anger with Putin, risking return to Biden's war

Neocons and hawks are crowing today but the president would be smart to remember 'America First' means doing things differently

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and President of Russia Vladimir Putin
Europe

Westerners foolishly rush to defend Azerbaijan against Russia

Transatlantic leaders see this as yet another proxy against Moscow. That would be a mistake.

Lockheed Martin NASA
Military Industrial Complex

The Pentagon spent $4 trillion over 5 years. Contractors got 54% of it.

Advocates of higher military spending often say its to 'support the troops.' Not exactly.