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Will Trump meet his Suez moment & seize Hormuz deal on the table?
Oman and Iran appear close to a temporary arrangement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, potentially providing both an exit from the current…
Trump’s quick hits allow for AFRICOM comeback on continent
Donald Trump’s foreign policy features chaotic decision-making and bombastic rhetoric. But some of his half-baked ideas could have lasting consequences, creating escalation pathways…
Are US and Israel benefitting from ‘migration blackmail’ in Spain?
Questions continue to swirl around the flash flood of nearly 60,000 migrants who swam or walked from Morocco into Ceuta, a tiny Spanish…
The Helsinki Commission is a Cold War relic that needs to go
Every government institution should periodically be asked a simple question: is it still performing the mission for which Congress created it?That principle has…
Iran and Ukraine depleted ‘virtually all’ US long-range missiles: Report
Reuters reported this morning that the U.S. has used “virtually all” its long-range precision strike missiles during its war on Iran.Reuters’ sources would…
Robert Kagan: Sometimes US intervention is worth blowback
Robert Kagan surprised some people. One of America’s most influential hawks condemned the Trump administration’s botched war in Iran, suggesting in The Atlantic…
US is the real loser if Senate passes virtue signaling Russia sanctions
As the Senate returns to Washington for its last week in session until mid-September, it faces a long to-do list. But for many…
Fox News screaming desperately into wind as Trump loses grip
Fox News has always served as a purveyor of Republican war propaganda, but its coverage of the Iran conflict has been particularly aggressive,…
Navy retiring USS Fort Worth halfway through lifespan
This week, the Navy retired a littoral combat ship only halfway through its lifespan.The USS Fort Worth, a surface combatant ship which cost…
Trouble in Paris? There’s a Gaullist cure for that American hubris
Last month, as world leaders prepared to gather in France for the G7 Summit, French officials had Donald Trump on the mind.Using its…
