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Anew wave of purges has engulfed the senior leadership of China’s military, the People’s Liberation Army. Since the 20th National... Read More

Russian loss would be catastrophic for China’s security while a win could end flow of discounted oil maintaining its economic... Read More

While the 17th BRICS Summit reflected the difficulties of non-alignment amid growing geopolitical tensions, a policy of pragmatic... Read More

Immigration remains a complex challenge at home and abroad. Millions of people are displaced each year due to conflict, economic instability,... Read More

Sectarian clashes in Southern Syria have shattered expectations of a speedy peace process between Jerusalem and Damascus.   Read More

As an Israeli Druze woman serving as a minister at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C., I feel compelled to share what is happening to my... Read More

President Donald Trump abruptly reversed course earlier this month when he decided to send Patriot missiles, along with other possibly... Read More

As the war in Ukraine grinds on, a troubling question demands our attention: How is Russia still producing advanced weapons... Read More

The war with Israel has prompted generational turnover in Iranian military leadership. Israel killed dozens of senior Iranian military... Read More

Last month’s war with Israel and the United States lasted only 12 days, but Iran is likely to feel its consequences for years. Read More

The stakes are unusually high in Sunday’s Upper House election. Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru leads a minority government, and his... Read More

The July 10 summit between Armenia and Azerbaijan in Abu Dhabi marks a significant step in the ongoing peace process between the two... Read More

The danger of “maximum pressure” vs. the promise of “pragmatic engagement.”   Read More

This spring, thousands of Cubans gathered in Havana’s Revolutionary Square to mark the nation’s Labor Day celebrations. Only this... Read More

In May 2025, Ukraine signed a $60 billion critical minerals agreement with the United States—an investment framework... Read More

With a trillion dollar budget now finally in sight for the United States military, with Europe, too, formally committing to... Read More

President Donald Trump has always had his Nixonian characteristics, from a power-hungry (sometimes illegal) mode of operations at home to a... Read More

The geopolitical rivalry between China and India poses an important threat to Asian and global security, even if it receives much less... Read More

Despised by much of the world and many of his countrymen, Israel’s prime minister is nonetheless one of the few truly formidable... Read More

For many Jews, the images of Druze men having their mustaches forcibly shaved conjure up memories of the Holocaust.   Read More

President Donald Trump announced last week that not only would he be placing a 50% tariff on Brazil, but he would also impose an... Read More

US President Donald Trump’s very public volte face in his attitude towards Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin is... Read More

So much for ending the Ukraine War in 24 hours.    Read More

The floodgates holding back long-buried classified documents exposing government efforts to claim Donald Trump conspired with Vladimir Putin... Read More

China looking bulletproof to Trump’s tariffs with first-half economic growth over 5% and non-US exports holding strong   Read More

The Kremlin is very good at demanding support from its supposed friends, and very bad at offering anything much in return.   Read More

The nuclear pact recently signed by Emmanuel Macron and Keir Starmer reflects how an emerging post-liberal Europe is taking the form of a... Read More

Amid disastrous green diktats and crippling cuts to farmers’ livelihoods, the out-of-touch elites in Brussels seem to have forgotten... Read More

There is a sickness inside our hearts. It aches for something brighter, better, a more resplendent mode of being. God Read More

His gravitas of clarity is what Americans voted for in 2024. Read More

Following his Monday meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, President Trump took his latest and largest steps towards... Read More

Von der Leyen has survived a no-confidence vote, but her regime is straining under pressure from the populists. Read More

The Reform leader is trying to import Doge’s cuts to spending and ‘DEI’. It’s clear what he gets out of it... Read More

On July 9, 2025, 20 armed French police raided the offices of the Rassemblement National (RN), France’s far right... Read More

Here’s our handy guide to who’s up — and who’s down — in Ursula von der Leyen’s initial... Read More

Saudi Arabia and the UAE have emerged as central components in the Trump administration’s AI strategy. But interdependence carries its... Read More