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Iran War

'Christmas bombings' worked in Vietnam but won't drag Iran to table

Five shameless moments of Iran war opportunism & grifting

The Persian Gulf is blowing up. These 3 obstacles explain why.

America’s hate-hate affair with Iran: A collision course for the ages

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'One big glow': Did Trump just threaten to hit Iran with nukes?

Iran war marks the end of American primacy as we know it

What will the West do if Mali falls to jihadists?

Five shameless moments of Iran war opportunism & grifting

Trump's right to take troops out of Germany. Now see where they go.

Ukraine's conscription crisis is getting increasingly bloody
Europe

Ukraine's conscription crisis is getting increasingly bloody

While outside voices insist the war can still be won on the battlefield, young men in the country are violently resisting recruiters to stay out of it

Marco Rubio Cuba
Latin America

As Rubio turns into punisher, Cubans wary of final blow

Andriy Yermak with Volodymyr Zelensky
Europe

Poll: Ukrainians more threatened by corruption than by Russia

Lockheed Martin
Military Industrial Complex

Lockheed's new Pentagon deal makes a bad bargain worse

If Trump wants out of war he needs to stand up to Israel on Lebanon
Middle East

If Trump wants out of war he needs to stand up to Israel on Lebanon

Trump's cuts are pushing the UN out of Geneva. That may be a win.
Global Crises

Trump's cuts are pushing the UN out of Geneva. That may be a win.

QiOSK

Staff quick takes, dispatches, and breaking news

Donald Trump Beijing
QiOSK

Picking up the vibes in Beijing before major Trump-Xi visit

Insights from my trip two weeks ago: Beijing doesn't want to indulge Trump's actions in Iran, nor lead international condemnation or an 'Axis of Upheaval'

CBO: Golden Dome to cost $1.2 trillion

Hegseth: fears that stockpiles depleted are 'foolishly' overstated

2 hearings, 0 justification for a $1.5 trillion military budget

'One big glow': Did Trump just threaten to hit Iran with nukes?

Asia-Pacific

Taiwan is looming over this week's Trump and Xi summit

Taiwan is looming over this week's Trump and Xi summit

Donald Trump Xi Jinping

War has significantly altered major Trump meeting with Xi

apan Ground Self-Defense Force long-range missile launcher

Japan's new long-range missiles put US-China on collision course

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un

Kim Jong Un waiting for Trump, but there's a path right in front of him

Middle east

If Trump wants out of war he needs to stand up to Israel on Lebanon

If Trump wants out of war he needs to stand up to Israel on Lebanon

Tel Aviv has controlled the talks from the beginning and as a result Hezbollah is stronger. Time for Washington to learn from history and take the reins.

Outside the Bubble Watch the latest QI reports

Lawmakers owning defense stocks: How corrupt is that?play icon

Lawmakers owning defense stocks: How corrupt is that?

Washington Politics

Trump sons

Five shameless moments of Iran war opportunism & grifting

Driscoll Hegseth

Army Secretary Driscoll struggles to survive wild west Pentagon

This Democratic insider wants to rewrite the party’s Israel playbook

This Democratic insider wants to rewrite the party’s Israel playbook

AUMF iran

GOP senators want to give Trump official blessing for Iran war

Africa

What will the West do if Mali falls to jihadists?

What will the West do if Mali falls to jihadists?

Sniffing out Red Sea access, US in line to be Eritrea's latest suitor

How Trump's diplomacy is shaping the war in the eastern Congo

Spurned by Sahel, France courts Kenya, a place it didn't colonize

Latin America

Marco Rubio Cuba

As Rubio turns into punisher, Cubans wary of final blow

US: Open shipping for me but not for thee (looking at you China)

In Cuba a deadlock is more likely than a deal

Despite Trump's threats, a US-Cuba deal is taking shape

Europe

Ukraine's conscription crisis is getting increasingly bloody

Ukraine's conscription crisis is getting increasingly bloody

Poll: Ukrainians more threatened by corruption than by Russia

Trump's troop withdrawals from Germany might backfire. Here's why.

Trump's right to take troops out of Germany. Now see where they go.

north america

Haiti gang violence

Throwing thousands more soldiers at Haiti will not solve this crisis

CIA deaths in Mexico: Is Trump playing with fire?

Trump's Greenland, Canada threats reflect angst over Russia shipping

Canada is not interested in White House boot licking. So what?

Military Industrial Complex

USS Boise

Attack sub USS Boise scuttled after only one patrol in 11 years

It's been docked for repairs for a decade, costing the taxpayer $800 million — a poster child for the Navy’s procurement issues

Media

Iran school attack

Why did mainstream media slow-walk coverage of school attack?

Gen Z doesn't have the same hang-ups about Iran as older Americans

Gen Z doesn't have the same hang-ups about Iran as older Americans

Ngo Dinh Diem vietnam coup assassination

'Kennedy's Coup' signaled regime change doom loop for US

Hegseth to take control of Stars & Stripes for 'warfighter' makeover

Hegseth to take control of Stars & Stripes for 'warfighter' makeover

Global Crises

Trump's cuts are pushing the UN out of Geneva. That may be a win.

Trump's cuts are pushing the UN out of Geneva. That may be a win.

Budget shortfalls could force the organization to move closer to the communities that it's meant to serve