The electric car Is the only winner in the latest Iran War.
The Hormuz Choke Point and the Twilight of Petroleum
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War & Peace
War, Arrogance, and the Unraveling of U.S. Power
U.S. unraveling will not be imposed from abroad. It will come from within.
Rolling Ultimatums Don’t Make Strategy
Trump’s Iran policy keeps pressure alive, but permanent pressure is not the same as control.
Russia and North Korea: An Alliance of Desperation
The Kremlin can count on only one real ally in its war in Ukraine.
Ceasefires and the Age of Impulse Diplomacy
Can the three-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine point to a more durable peace?
Trump’s 60-Day Deadline on the Iran War
What America needs is to follow the law not engage in another show of force.
The New Gangsters for Capitalism
Trump’s military operations in Latin America are a racket.
How Pope Leo XIV is Building a Theology of Resistance Against Washington
The Vatican has stepped into a vacuum of moral authority.
Why Russia’s Backwardness Benefits Putin
But Putin’s reliance on the troika of fossil fuels, corruption, and autocracy to prevent a political challenge to his authority may end up producing the very revolt from below he fears the most.
Reining in the Pentagon
Can the military-industrial beast be tamed?