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…
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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 senators, the top…
The collapse of national sovereignty in the Middle East
Those who anticipated that a U.S. war against Iran would risk igniting a region-wide conflagration are looking prescient. The latest metastasis of…
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, and…
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 $400…
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 privileges as…
Will naming, shaming & sanctioning terror in Sudan stop bloodshed?
In June, a bipartisan group of senators introduced the Preventing External Aggression and Conflict Escalation (PEACE) in Sudan Act of 2026. In the…
Party elites so blind they can't see their base turning against the war
Last week, only four House Republicans voted with 210 Democrats to pass a war powers resolution to end the U.S. war with Iran.That means 208 House…
How much is your support for Israel worth? Try $1 billion.
Israel is spending wads of cash on public diplomacy in a desperate attempt to reverse waning American support for the country after it stands…
Trump's Lebanon fantasy is running smack into reality
On June 26, two official delegations — one from Israel and one from Lebanon — signed a framework agreement with great fanfare in Washington…
Houthis v. Saudi Arabia: Round 2. This time it's regional.
On July 28, Saudi air defenses shot down drones launched from Iraqi territory by “Iran-affiliated terrorist militias,” a Saudi ministry of defense…
Ukraine's 'turned tide' doesn't comport 'with basic military reality'
Encouraged by Ukraine’s sustained advances in drone warfare, Western media is abuzz with the idea that Kyiv just might be able to defeat Russia…
Trump's favorite drug trafficker returns triumphantly to Honduras
Former President Juan Orlando Hernández, the convicted drug trafficker pardoned by President Donald Trump last December, flew triumphantly home to…
Zelensky's dangerous gambit to merge the Iran and Ukraine Wars
As Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky arrives in Washington, much indicates that he is no longer merely trying to draw greater American support into its…
Zelensky's big idea for Trump: Ukraine is the Israel of Europe
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky landed in Washington with a bang Tuesday, just days after Ukraine carried out a missile strike against an…
Before Lindsey there was Fritz, an anti-Iraq war, Israel skeptic
Funeral services for Sen. Lindsey Graham, who died suddenly on July 11 at the age of 71, will take place on Tuesday in Washington and Wednesday in…
Trump is playing chicken with America's oil reserves
Back in 1975, reeling from the Arab Oil Embargo of 1973, President Gerald Ford signed the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. The law established…
The new US push for peace in Libya is — surprise — about the oil
Massad Boulos — Trump’s Africa and Middle East envoy who is also the father-in-law to Trump’s daughter, Tiffany — has focused much of his diplomatic…
As Myanmar collapses, it’s time for China to step up and be the hero
The Burmese people continue to suffer as the brutal civil war in Myanmar heads toward its sixth year. The conflict was recently brought home to…
Oman is cozying up to China as US throws Mideast into disarray
Earlier this month, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Miao Deyu met with Omani National Security Council Secretary-General Idris Abdulrahman Al Kindi…
Zelensky's 'Freya' missile defense scheme could backfire. Here's why.
According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, neutralizing Russia’s ballistic missile threat is a key to ending the war that continues to…
Violence in Mali risks destabilizing the Sahel
Mauritania, once considered a counterterrorism success story, sits at the edge of escalating violence. In the last year, Jamaat Nusrat al Islam wal…
What a US war with Cuba would really look like
CBS News reported recently that Pentagon officials were exploring the possibility of military action against Cuba.“Military planners have in recent…
Aiming at the Gulf, Iran shoots itself in the foot
For decades, Iran has sought to diminish America’s military presence and political influence in the Middle East. Yet some ambitions carry within…
Ex-US ambassador says Palestinian state would be 'suicide' for Israel
Public opinion on Israel is shifting rapidly, but there was little evidence of that at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing Wednesday. The…
As war drags on, Ukraine’s population is collapsing
As the war in Ukraine trudges through its fifth year, deaths there now outnumber births at a nearly four-to-one ratio.According to figures published…
James Woolsey, influential neocon and Iraq War booster, dies at 84
R. James “Jim” Woolsey, a major Iraq and GWOT promoter and neoconservative Democrat, passed away Tuesday at 84.Woolsey served briefly as CIA…
'ISIS of the Western Hemisphere'? Latin America isn't buying it
The Conference of Defense Ministers of the Americas, a rather staid event held every two years, is known mostly for its boilerplate language clouded…
The West's plan to pressure Putin has a glaring flaw
Ukraine's 40-day deep-strike campaign – launched by President Volodymyr Zelensky to "push the aggressor toward ending the war" – is now at its…
