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        Israel's Wars
    

        Is Israel forcing Trump to be the capitulator in chief?
    
Trita Parsi
September 10, 2025

        Israel playing with fire in Yemen
    
Elfadil Ibrahim
September 03, 2025

        Netanyahu's delusion: If you don’t support me you’re not  'MAGA'
    
Jack Hunter
August 29, 2025

        More US lawmakers publicly blame Israel for starvation, deaths in Gaza
    
Stavroula Pabst
August 26, 2025

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        US Military tells Singapore to take its F-15s anywhere but Guam
    
Leland Bettis
Kenneth Gofigan Kuper
September 08, 2025

        Why is Congress MIA on looming Venezuela war?
    
Connor Echols
September 08, 2025

        Kaja Kallas' shocking lack of historical literacy
    
Eldar Mamedov
September 09, 2025

        After bombing, time to demystify the 'Qatar lobby'
    
Ben Freeman
September 10, 2025

        Let’s be totally honest, it should be the ‘Department of War’
    
Jack Hunter
September 05, 2025
Middle East
        The case for US Middle East retrenchment has never been clearer
    Israel's recent strike in Qatar should force Washington to cease enabling regional instability that doesn't serve American interests
Jennifer Kavanagh
September 16, 2025
Media
        Fort Bragg horrors expose dark underbelly of post-9/11 warfare
    
Marcus Stanley
September 16, 2025
North America
        Trade review process could rock the calm in US-Mexico relations
    
Karthik Sankaran
September 15, 2025
Global Crises
        Do we need a treaty on neutrality?
    
Naman Karl-Thomas Habtom
September 15, 2025
Global Crises
        The roots of Trump's wars on terror trace back to 9/11
    
Elizabeth Beavers
September 11, 2025
Europe
        Is Europe deliberately sabotaging Ukraine War negotiations?
    
Zachary Paikin
September 10, 2025
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        Trump doubles down on strikes against alleged smugglers in Caribbean
    Legal experts say the attacks likely violate US and international law
Connor Echols
September 15, 2025

        Diplomacy Watch: US govt. throws cold water on impact of sanctions
    
Connor Echols
September 12, 2025

        Big, Beautiful trillion dollar war budget!
    
William Hartung
September 12, 2025

        Bret Stephens' masterclass in bad logic
    
Khody Akhavi
September 11, 2025

        Russian drones over Poland no reason to panic and start a war
    
Anatol Lieven
September 10, 2025

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        Bret Stephens' masterclass in bad logic
    
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        Africa
    

        US companies rush into Congo before ink is dry on peace deal
    
Kristof Titeca
August 18, 2025

        Why is Washington's relationship with Kenya suddenly in tatters?
    
Elfadil Ibrahim
August 11, 2025

        How an aging despot's grip on power could unravel Central Africa
    
Taiwo Hassan
August 06, 2025

        Sudan civil war takes dark turn as RSF launches 'parallel government'
    
Dan M. Ford
August 05, 2025
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        Latin America
    

        Trump poised to decertify Colombia
    
Lee Schlenker
September 12, 2025

        Ex-Trump officials cashing in on Latin American tariff fears
    
Lee Schlenker
September 05, 2025

        Why Ecuador went straight to China for relief
    
Jorge Heine
September 04, 2025

        Bolivia elections could signal final break with Evo Morales era
    
Joseph Bouchard
August 11, 2025
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        Europe
    

        Is Europe deliberately sabotaging Ukraine War negotiations?
    
Zachary Paikin
September 10, 2025

        Kaja Kallas' shocking lack of historical literacy
    
Eldar Mamedov
September 09, 2025

        For Putin, bargaining and bombing aren't mutually exclusive
    
Jennifer Kavanagh
September 09, 2025

        Karol Nawrocki: A Polish Euro-skeptic who chills with Trump
    
Molly O'Neal
September 05, 2025
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        north america
    

        Trade review process could rock the calm in US-Mexico relations
    
Karthik Sankaran
September 15, 2025

        The rising US-NATO-Russia security dilemma in the Arctic
    
Pavel Devyatkin
September 11, 2025

        Trump takes US military one step closer to bombing drug cartels
    
Dan DePetris
August 11, 2025

        Trump lifted sanctions on Syria. Now do Cuba.
    
William LeoGrande
Geoff Thale
July 08, 2025
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Israel's Wars

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Israel's recent strike in Qatar should force Washington to cease enabling regional instability that doesn't serve American interests

QiOSK

Legal experts say the attacks likely violate US and international law

Asia-Pacific

Middle east

Israel's recent strike in Qatar should force Washington to cease enabling regional instability that doesn't serve American interests

Outside the Bubble Watch the latest QI reports

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Military Industrial Complex

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

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In an age of hybrid warfare and multipolarity, being 'neutral' is losing coherence — a redefined legal framework can preserve its value

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