The next Strait of Hormuz
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Why Putin’s nuclear threats aren’t working anymore
Ukraine is increasingly launching drone strikes deep into Russia and threatening Russian-annexed Crimea, both steps that many once feared would ...
Is the US at war with Iran again?
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Iran’s new supreme leader is a no-show at his father’s funeral. Where is he?
For 36 years, the question of who ultimately ruled Iran had one answer: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. While Iran ...
Why Gen Z bros are ditching their MAGA hats
The numbers are clear: President Donald Trump’s approval rating is cratering across the board, and he’s losing the most ground ...
Why air conditioning became a cross-Atlantic culture war
As temperatures blew past 100°F in cities across Europe last week, it was difficult to tell what was generating more ...
Trump wants the US military to be rent-a-cops
One of President Donald Trump’s core political positions has always been that US allies should pay more for the benefits ...
How Iran won the war
The US and Iran have a new peace agreement — and lots of unresolved questions about Iran’s nuclear program, the ...
Iran’s art of the deal
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The Iran war’s end is being greatly exaggerated
One should never underestimate President Donald Trump’s ability to use sheer obfuscation to extract “victory” from a situation where the ...
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