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How to Arm Iran With Nukes in 5 Simple Steps
Want to guarantee Iran builds a nuclear bomb? Just follow this foolproof, five-step guide to diplomatic sabotage and unhinged escalation.
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Russia’s Restraint in Ukraine May Have Been Its Biggest Mistake
Moscow spent years trying to contain the war in Ukraine. The result may have been the opposite: a longer war, weaker deterrence, and a far more…
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Washington’s Three Bad Options on Iran
The United States still has choices in the Iran crisis. What it no longer seems to have is a good one.
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As Support for Israel Collapses, the Risk of War Grows
What once seemed untouchable in American foreign policy now looks brittle, exposed, and increasingly out of step with the public it claims to represent.
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Why the Next Global Conflict May Not Look Like a World War
The West Is Not Marching Toward World War III. It Is Drifting Toward Something Stranger and More Dangerous.
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The Spectacle and the Quagmire: Why Global Adversaries are Humoring a Waning Empire
A superpower can survive setbacks. What it may not survive is the widening gap between its image and its actual capacity.
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The Stories We Refuse to Tell About Ukraine
“Russia invaded” is true. It is also incomplete. And incomplete truths have a way of prolonging wars rather than ending them.
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