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The Day the "Special Relationship" Cracked: Why Trump and Vance are Finally Turning on Israel
This is the moment the “special relationship” stopped looking special and started looking dangerous.
Jun 21
The Great Decoupling: Are We Watching the Beginning of a US-Israel Split?
A reported Iran agreement has exposed a possibility long dismissed in Washington: that the United States and Israel may no longer want the same war.
Jun 17
The End of the Moral Alibi
States do not wage war with force alone. They wage it with stories, and some stories collapse under the weight of what the world can see.
Jun 14
The New Rules of the Middle East: How Iran Rewrote the Regional Balance
Iran has established a new regional doctrine. By extending a protective umbrella over its allies, Tehran is directly challenging Israel's long-term…
Jun 10
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.
Jun 6
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…
Jun 2
May 2026
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.
May 28
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.
May 25
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.
May 21
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.
May 18
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.
May 16
Preparing for the Day After
The most unsettling feature of this moment is not conflict itself, but the sense that no one is still in control of it.
May 13
Bringing a 20th Century Military to a 21st Century War
For decades, Washington assumed money, bases and firepower guaranteed control. The confrontation with Iran is exposing how outdated that assumption has…
May 11
Hostage to an Ally: The Nuclear Blackmail Washington Refuses to Name
Respectable debate treats Israel’s nuclear arsenal as unspeakable. That silence is no longer strategic. It is dangerous.
May 9
Everyone Thinks This Will Blow Over. It Won’t.
The most dangerous part of an energy crisis is not always the shortage itself. Sometimes it is the illusion that there is no shortage at all.
May 7
In Lebanon, Israel’s Power Meets Its Limits
Israel can devastate southern Lebanon from the air. What it has never proven is that it can turn ruin into lasting control.
May 5
What Happens When a Superpower Can No Longer Sustain War
Wars do not only destroy cities and stockpiles. They destroy myths. This one may have shattered the biggest myth of all.
May 1
April 2026
What Happens When Citizens Realize They Were Managed
A public can survive being wrong. It struggles to survive the realization that it was deliberately misled about war, loyalty, and who its enemies were.
Apr 29
The Most Dangerous Illusion in Washington
Many Americans assume the costs of war will force restraint. That assumption may be the most dangerous illusion in politics today.
Apr 26
A State Built on Domination Cannot Be Reformed Gently
A conflict this brutal does not end because passions cool. It ends only when the structures that reward domination begin to fail.
Apr 25
What the West Sees in Gaza and Refuses to See in Ukraine
There is a revealing asymmetry in how many Western audiences process modern war.
Apr 23
When Military Power Becomes Strategic Failure
Explosions make for compelling images, but spectacle is not strategy. The current conflict may prove how badly power can misread its own limits.
Apr 21
The Last Taboo in American Politics Is Cracking
A moral and political rupture is underway as more Americans question the silence, pressure and power that long shielded Israel from scrutiny.
Apr 20
The War Washington Cannot Quite Admit It Is Losing
For years, Washington treated Iran as a weaker regional power. This war is exposing how costly that miscalculation may be.