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The US was overconfident before the war. Iran may be overconfident now.

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

11.07.2026 8

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Joshua Keating

Why Putin’s nuclear threats aren’t working anymore

Why Putin’s nuclear threats aren’t working anymore Ukraine is striking deep into Russia and pressuring Crimea. Does Putin have any “red lines”...

09.07.2026 7

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Joshua Keating

Who is actually ruling Iran right now?

Who is actually ruling Iran right now? The new supreme leader’s absence from public view has exposed a deeper problem: Iran’s old power structure...

01.07.2026 10

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Joshua Keating

Trump wants the US military to be rent-a-cops

26.06.2026 10

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Joshua Keating

Will Britain’s next prime minister reverse Brexit?

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

23.06.2026 10

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Joshua Keating

The Iran war’s end is being greatly exaggerated

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

15.06.2026 10

Vox

Joshua Keating

The mystery of how China is keeping down the world’s oil prices

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

13.06.2026 20

Vox

Joshua Keating

How the Iran war could drive conflicts in countries thousands of miles away

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

10.06.2026 10

Vox

Joshua Keating

The growing US-Israel split over Iran

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

08.06.2026 20

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Joshua Keating

How Pakistan became Trump’s most surprising ally

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

04.06.2026 20

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Joshua Keating

How AI could make wars go nuclear

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

04.06.2026 10

Vox

Joshua Keating

Trump still thinks he’s winning in Iran

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

26.05.2026 10

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Joshua Keating

Trump’s China policy is nearly the exact opposite of what everyone expected

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

13.05.2026 10

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Joshua Keating

5 ways the Iran standoff could end

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

06.05.2026 20

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Joshua Keating

Ukraine’s fight against Russia is going better than you might think

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

05.05.2026 40

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Joshua Keating

Trump says Cuba is “next.” What does that mean?

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

01.05.2026 20

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Joshua Keating

The war in Iran didn’t end; it became something new

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

21.04.2026 20

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Joshua Keating

We have no idea if Iran can still build a bomb

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

09.04.2026 20

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Joshua Keating

From threatening a civilization to ceasefire: What we learned from a wild day in the Iran war

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

07.04.2026 30

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Joshua Keating

Why Trump’s latest threat against Iran could be a war crime

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

06.04.2026 30

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Joshua Keating

What happened when they installed ChatGPT on a nuclear supercomputer

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

02.04.2026 50

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Joshua Keating

Is this the beginning of the end of the war in Iran?

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

01.04.2026 20

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Joshua Keating

Trump says the Iran war is over. So why won’t he end it?

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

26.03.2026 50

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Joshua Keating

Why the US wants to protect Iran’s oil and gas

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

20.03.2026 40

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Joshua Keating

Here’s how Iran could become a “forever war”

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

20.03.2026 30

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Joshua Keating

The Iran war already has a winner

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

17.03.2026 40

Vox

Joshua Keating

The world doesn’t have enough ammo for the Iran War

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

11.03.2026 30

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Joshua Keating

Trump might want “boots on the ground” in Iran. Just not American ones.

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

09.03.2026 30

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Joshua Keating

The dangerous lesson countries may take from the Iran war

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

09.03.2026 50

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Joshua Keating

Iran had a plan to fight Israel and the US. It all collapsed after October 7.

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

04.03.2026 40

Vox

Joshua Keating

World leaders are almost never killed in war. Why did it happen to Iran’s supreme leader?

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

04.03.2026 40

Vox

Joshua Keating

What we know about the mysterious closure and reopening of the El Paso airport

The El Paso International Airport will apparently not be closed for 10 days, despite an earlier announcement that set off an overnight panic. But the...

11.02.2026 30

Vox

Joshua Keating

The Epstein files might bring down a government. Just not the US government.

The questions about the exact nature of Donald Trump’s relationship with the late financier and sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein that have dogged his...

11.02.2026 40

Vox

Joshua Keating

Is a new US-Russia arms race about to begin?

Barring a major unforeseen announcement from Washington or Moscow, the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between the United States and Russia...

03.02.2026 30

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Joshua Keating

Trump looks ready to bomb Iran again. Why?

It appears increasingly likely that in the coming days, the United States will once again launch airstrikes against Iran. On Wednesday, President...

30.01.2026 50

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Joshua Keating

China is purging its military leaders. Is this a step toward war?

In recent years, Chinese leader Xi Jinping has been systematically purging his country’s senior military leaders, part of an overall campaign that...

27.01.2026 20

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Joshua Keating

The world just passed a surprisingly positive milestone on nuclear weapons

The post-war international order may be tearing apart at the seams and international law is increasingly looking like a polite fiction, but we did...

25.01.2026 40

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Joshua Keating

The week Europe fought back

The great Greenland war of 2026 appears to be on hold for the moment.  This week’s World Economic Forum in Davos has been largely overshadowed by...

22.01.2026 50

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Joshua Keating

Trump is waffling on Iran strikes. Here are four possible reasons why.

Is help really “on its way” for Iran’s protesters? That’s what President Donald Trump promised in a Truth Social post earlier this week,...

17.01.2026 30

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Joshua Keating

Is this time different in Iran?

On Thursday night, the Iran government cut off internet service and international calling in the country as anti-government protests broke out...

10.01.2026 40

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Joshua Keating

Can anyone stop Trump from seizing Greenland?

No one is laughing about Greenland anymore. President Donald Trump’s frequently expressed desire for the US to take possession of the world’s...

08.01.2026 30

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Joshua Keating

What actually is the “Donroe Doctrine”?

The Trump administration is taking a shockingly interventionist approach to the Western Hemisphere, as shown by last weekend’s capture of Venezuelan...

06.01.2026 30

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Joshua Keating

Trump says the US is going to “run” Venezuela. What does that mean?

For months, as the US has built up military forces around Venezuela, attacking alleged drug boats and seizing sanctioned oil tankers, the big question...

04.01.2026 40

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Joshua Keating

Why Trump sent in troops to capture Maduro, briefly explained

President Trump announced Saturday morning that the United States has captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, saying that the US had flown...

03.01.2026 60

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Joshua Keating

How to kill a rogue AI

It’s advice as old as tech support. If your computer is doing something you don’t like, try turning it off and then on again. When it comes to the...

02.01.2026 50

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Joshua Keating

Trump is talking about Greenland again

2025 is ending much as it began: with President Donald Trump talking about annexing Greenland.  On Sunday, Trump appointed Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry...

24.12.2025 30

Vox

Joshua Keating

2025 was the year everything changed for the US and China

When the dust settles on a year that included a ceasefire in the brutal war in Gaza, persistent but ultimately fruitless efforts to end the war in...

22.12.2025 40

Vox

Joshua Keating

Is ISIS back?

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese today described the deadly terrorist attack at a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach as being...

17.12.2025 30

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Joshua Keating

The global shadow economy behind Trump’s latest move on Venezuela

Following this week’s seizure of a sanctioned ship off the coast of Venezuela, the Trump administration says it will be targeting more oil tankers...

13.12.2025 30

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Joshua Keating

The fierce debate behind Trump’s move on selling AI chips to China

This week, President Donald Trump announced that he would allow US chipmaker Nvidia to sell its advanced H200 chips to China, describing the move as...

10.12.2025 30

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Joshua Keating