Be careful drawing conclusions about Iran’s alleged attack on the U.S. base on Diego Garcia.
Did Iran Attack Diego Garcia?
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War & Peace
Why Japan Is Not Laughing at Trump’s Pearl Harbor Jokes
Welcome to a new, transactional era of American foreign policy where history is not a set of lessons to be learned but a rhetorical cudgel to be used against friends.
Boy-Gangsters in High Office
Many citizens of Venezuela, Cuba, and Iran are unhappy with their regimes. But it is not up to self-proclaimed saviors from the outside to overthrow the leaders of those countries.
The Greenland Effect
Trump’s rhetoric is revitalizing EU mutual defense.
When AI Kills
The old anxiety about losing jobs has been eclipsed by something far grimmer: machines are now taking lives.
Why the War in Iran Defies a Quick End
The conflict is descending into a protracted, grinding stalemate of social and civilizational endurance.
The Expansion of the Donroe Doctrine
Trump is attempting to synthesize the dying Oil Revolution with the ascendant Mineral Revolution.
Trump, the Dying Multilateral Order, and the Global South
International law has been replaced by the principle of might makes right.
The Iran War Is Killing Private Credit
The global economy is being shaken up in unanticipated ways.
Kurds and the US-Israel War with Iran: Likely Scenarios
What role will Kurds play in shaping the future of Iran?