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Iran to Israel: You hit Lebanon, and we’ll hit the UAE
Despite the ceasefire and tentative progress toward a memorandum of understanding between Washington and Tehran, the Persian Gulf has remained perilously volatile. In…
Trump’s intensified airstrikes in Nigeria are strategically pointless
On May 19, a press release from the Nigerian military proclaimed that, in a joint operation with the United States, it dealt a…
Fiber-optic drones show profound limits of ‘cutting-edge’ weapons
“Birds in Ukraine are building nests from drone cable.” The headline itself tells a story, but the subsequent article in The Sunday Times…
More Iran war? There goes the neighborhood, and world economy.
For all the uncertainty about what will happen next on the military and diplomatic front in the Iran war, there is certainty about…
How comics taught us how to love and hate war for nearly a century
When it comes to propaganda, no weapon is left on the table. Film, radio, the internet, and print have all been enlisted to…
Warmongers in meltdown as Trump heralds Iran deal
I wrote yesterday that the United States and Iran were on the verge of an agreement. Trump appeared to confirm as much a…
Tulsi Gabbard needed a Trump exit, with integrity and principles intact
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard resigned from her position Friday after months of simmering tensions with President Donald Trump over the Iran…
House GOP yanks Iran war powers vote amid fears it could pass
House Republican leadership canceled a vote on the latest Iran War Powers Resolution right before it was supposed to be brought to the…
Is the CIA car bombing narcos in Mexico?
On March 28, a pickup truck exploded on a highway north of Mexico City, killing two alleged cartel members. One of the victims…
‘Comrade Keir’ or just (finally) rational UK energy policy?
In a major policy shift, the British government decided this week to lift sanctions on Russian energy products, in two ways.First, a general…
