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Erdogan’s party pours millions into new DC pied-a-terre
On Washington’s 16th Street, overlooking Meridian Hill Park, Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is transforming the former French Embassy into a…
In Latin America, the road to Trump’s heart goes through Israel
In the early months following Israel’s brutal war on Gaza, Latin American leaders emerged as some of the world’s sharpest critics of the…
Maria Machado hiring DC lobbyists for access to Venezuela’s future
Opposition leader-in-exile Maria Corina Machado has hired veteran Republican lobbyists in Washington DC in what experts say is an effort to gain the…
Trump wants to talk to Hezbollah. Will they pick up the phone?
For decades, U.S. policy in Lebanon has focused on the elimination of Hezbollah, or at least its military wing. But the Trump administration…
US looking for ‘new creative’ ways to fight a war it’s already ‘won’
The Bunker appears originally at the Project on Government Oversight and is republished here with permission.When you run out of munitions, start launching…
Pentagon says it killed at least 150 Yemeni civilians last year
The Pentagon acknowledged for the first time that U.S. military operations killed Yemeni civilians last year, in an annual report on civilian casualties…
The Houthis could be first big test for Mecca mutual defense pact
When Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan signed their joint defense agreement in Mecca on August 7, the alliance’s first test was already taking…
How the Egypt-Ethiopia feud could upend Trump’s plans in Africa
On July 19, President Donald Trump’s top Africa adviser, Massad Boulos, held a series of talks in Cairo with the foreign ministers of…
When US left Afghanistan, China moved in. So how’s it going?
When the Taliban reclaimed power five years ago, China appeared poised to capitalize on Afghanistan’s new realities. Beijing quickly took important steps to…
Russia’s lockdown of Odessa ports could be a grim turning point in war
Over the course of a few short weeks, a grim new reality has taken shape in Ukraine.Russia has shown that it need not…
