List of Military articles
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A black-and-white historical photograph of a crowded hospital ward. Rows of patients lie in narrow metal cots covered with blankets, while two individuals wearing white face masks stand at the far end of the room. Pete Hegseth Is America’s New Secretary of Pestilence
Reversing vaccine mandates is a disaster for military readiness.
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Visitors walk by a world map carved in stone at a plaza in southwest China's Chongqing municipality on May 19, 2010. What if China Succeeds?
Why Beijing’s success spells doom for everyone else.
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Five seemingly teenagers lean out of the open sunroof and windows of a car, several of them flashing peace signs with their hands. The oldest girl wears a hijab while another has her hair loose; one of the youngest boys is shirtless. Two adults are visible through the windshield in the front seat of the car. Lebanon’s Moment of Reckoning
How to make sure the cease-fire weakens Hezbollah instead of strengthening it.
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the press outside the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on April 13. Trump’s Awful Week
The U.S. president is picking fights in every direction, alienating key supporters and allies.
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Ukrainian soldiers celebrate Easter in the Kharkiv region on April 12. Ukraine’s Success Still Needs Troops More Than Robots
Kyiv is struggling with skepticism of conscription fueled by Russian propaganda.
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Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr attends a ceremony in Tehran The Man Who Represents Post-Clerical Iran
The rise of Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr signals the consolidation of a new type of state.
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A navy vessel is seen sailing in the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran Can’t Count on Hormuz
The regime survived, but this doesn’t make it as strong as it thinks.
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1Meme-wars-trump-iran-truth-social-final-1504 Meme Wars
Trump has decimated the norms of diplomatic communication, and other countries have followed suit.
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About a dozen lawmakers and aides are seen from overhead as they brawl on the floor of a legislative chamber, throwing arms, pulling on shirts, and shouting. One man is nearly horizontal as he's hauled over a low wall. Taiwan’s Political Crisis Is a Security Nightmare
Government paralysis is freezing budgets and wrecking public trust.
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First responders stand amid rubble at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut’s Corniche al-Mazraa neighborhood on April 8. Will Netanyahu Derail the Iran War Cease-Fire?
Israel’s offensive in Lebanon is threatening the tenuous truce.
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Myanmar Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing prepares to deliver a speech at the Myanmar International Convention Center in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, on March 28. Will ASEAN Welcome Myanmar Back Into Its Fold?
The official appointment of coup leader Min Aung Hlaing as president is likely to hasten a shift within the bloc.
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A man walks past a laser and light show during Eid Al-Fitr, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan, in Abu Dhabi on March 20. Will the Iran War Evaporate the Gulf’s AI Oasis?
The Iran war has punctured—though not completely popped—the region’s tech bubble.
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A large banner hangs over a street strewn with rubble but lined with mostly standing midrise buildings beneath a cloudy sky. The banner shows the smiling face of Hassan Nasrallay, a man with a gray beard and glasses. How Hezbollah Stands to Benefit From an Israeli Invasion
A renewed occupation could play to the guerrilla group’s strengths.
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A bearded man with a bandage high up on his cheek and one arm in a makeshift sling made from a scarf stares at the camera. Behind him, three other men climb around a pile of rubble, seemingly mostly stone and concrete, from a demolished building. Afghans Fear for Safety as War Returns
As the world watches Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan clash.
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Kash Patel stands with his hands clasped in front of several U.S. flags. Iran Flexes Its Cyber Chops
Hackers linked to the regime are escalating attacks against the United States and Israel as the war rages.