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A last chance to avert war with Iran played out Thursday in Geneva, where Trump administration officials told Iranian counterparts they must... Read More

In the early hours of February 28, 2026, the United States and Israel launched Operation Lion’s Roar and Operation Epic... Read More

When bombs began falling on Iran this weekend, most Americans were as surprised as the rest of the world. The U.S. force posture in the... Read More

At about 9:30 a.m. local time on Saturday, the United States and Israel launched a surprise attack on Iran. Read More

This evening, Jews around the world will celebrate Purim, one of the narrowest escapes and greatest triumphs in biblical history. Around... Read More

The latest Israeli and US war on Iran began with strategic airstrikes on the home and offices of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who... Read More

President Donald Trump’s statement explaining the military strikes he ordered on Iran detailed how the Iranian... Read More

When the Taiwan legislature recently refused a large defense spending increase of $40 billion in favor of a much smaller allocation of $12... Read More

Four years ago Russia illegally invaded Ukraine — striking at peace in Europe and undermining global security.   Read More

In a typical Chinese rare earth processing plant, 200 workers move through a maze of massive chemical tanks, risking life and limb to produce... Read More

What use to Iran is Hizballah in the event of all-out war against the regime? In principle, a great deal. Read More

For weeks, some external media and advocacy narratives regarding northeastern Syria were dominated by warnings of imminent massacres of... Read More

There is something bitterly ironic about Pakistan declaring “open war” against the Taliban in Afghanistan.... Read More

The row over allegations of voter fraud in the Gorton and Denton by-election deepened today after a leading academic claimed that the... Read More

Within Trump world, Western civilization is making a comeback. The fateful question is whether Western civilization will make a comeback... Read More

The post‑cold war international order is fading, and no clear successor has emerged.   Read More

President Donald J. Trump on the United States military combat operations in Iran: Read More

Now that the U.S. and Israel have crossed the threshold of war with Iran, and the apparent death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Colin... Read More

The decision by the United States and Israel to plunge into a new war with Iran creates a highly dangerous moment with unpredictable... Read More

President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that the United States and Israel launched attacks on Iran Saturday morning.   Read More

A spectacular own goal by Iran’s ayatollahs, who foolishly believed they could hoodwink Donald Trump in negotiations over their nuclear... Read More

To eliminate Iran’s nuclear and missile programs, the United States seems to have few alternatives to overthrowing the government. But... Read More

The media instantly framed the Supreme Court’s recent tariff ruling as a decisive curb on presidential trade... Read More

Western governments have correctly identified rare earth supply chains as strategically vulnerable. Yet their policy responses have... Read More

Gertrude Stein famously said of Oakland, “there’s no there there,” but she could have just as easily been referring to last... Read More

If the United States pursues its own deal with Russia to end the Ukraine War, it cannot expect the Europeans to refrain from engaging with... Read More

A German court has rightly blocked the country's domestic intelligence service from continuing to brand the Alternative für... Read More

In his well-received speech at the Munich Security Conference earlier this month, Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed the reform of... Read More

Imagine in early 2001 you were told that over the next 25 years America would suffer the deadliest terrorist attack in history, fight two of... Read More

America is currently experiencing a period of heightened skepticism toward multilateral institutions. As President Trump has withdrawn the... Read More

A specter is haunting Mexico’s investment climate — the specter of regulatory and tax uncertainty.    Read More

I was born in the southern Nigeria city of Lagos, and our family later moved to the eastern part of the country a few months before... Read More

The United States and Iran could reach a framework for ⁠a ⁠deal if Washington separates "nuclear and non-nuclear issues", a senior... Read More

As his latest threats to Iran suggest, President Donald Trump has become increasingly comfortable deploying military force around the world. Read More

Behind the Chinese illusion of strength lies a Soviet-style system sustained by subsidy, suppression, and the ongoing exhaustion of its own... Read More

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party scored a historic win earlier this month, positioning her as a leader... Read More

Nemesio Ruben Oseguera Cervantes, the notorious fentanyl supplier, founder and leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel,... Read More

The country’s slow-motion collapse can be reversed.   Read More

Under the highland light of Addis Ababa, the African Union met to discuss a fundamental and profound issue: water, sanitation, and human... Read More