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Why the US just can’t quit Middle East wars

In April 1980, President Jimmy Carter authorized Operation Eagle Claw, an ill-fated military operation to rescue the American hostages held at the US...

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This time, it’s Trump’s war

Donald Trump claimed during his 2024 campaign for president that America had fought “no wars” during his first presidency, and that he was the...

22.06.2025 50

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Is Israel trying to destroy Iran’s nukes — or topple its government?

Iran’s state broadcaster, which was bombed mid-broadcast by Israel on Monday, was many things to many people. It was the employer of hundreds of...

18.06.2025 10

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Will the US get drawn into the Israel-Iran war?

In announcing Israel’s strikes against Iran’s military leadership and nuclear program last night, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made the case...

13.06.2025 4

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Why Trump probably can’t cut Musk loose

Breaking up is hard to do — especially when one party is a billionaire with near-unassailable dominance of the nation’s ability to launch things...

06.06.2025 5

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Ukraine hasn’t won over Trump. But it might not need to.

President Donald Trump’s seemingly infinite patience with Russian President Vladimir Putin may, in fact, have limits.  “Something has happened to...

30.05.2025 3

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The return of the nuclear threat

Humanity has lived with nuclear weapons for so long — 80 years, this year — without destroying itself, that we sometimes take them for granted....

27.05.2025 2

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Why Trump’s biggest global allies aren’t very happy with him

Is President Donald Trump leading a vanguard of right-wing populist world leaders, working together to lay waste to the liberal international order...

21.05.2025 6

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Trump’s surprising new approach to Israel

What’s the opposite of a “bear hug”? That was the phrase often used to describe President Joe Biden’s approach to Israel since the October 7,...

15.05.2025 3

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Just how bad can the India-Pakistan crisis get?

The most likely outcome is that the latest deadly flare-up between India and Pakistan will end relatively soon: In the little over 25 years that the...

09.05.2025 5

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A confusing US peace deal, explained

This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news...

07.05.2025 7

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The rising tension between India and Pakistan, briefly explained

India and Pakistan seem headed for a military conflict in the wake of India’s worst terrorist attack in years. The question is what form that clash...

01.05.2025 30

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The hidden danger in Trump’s trade war

When it comes to the escalating trade war with China, the most obvious historical analogy for the US launching an all-out economic assault on a rising...

30.04.2025 10

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The US has quietly gotten into another war in the Middle East

President Donald Trump has, in the past, described America’s military involvement in the Middle East as “the worst decision ever made” and came...

24.04.2025 10

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One unexpected side effect of Trump’s tariffs

When President Donald Trump unveiled tariffs on more than 180 countries and territories early this month, there was one place that was conspicuously...

15.04.2025 20

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Trump’s new talks with Iran could end in a deal — or a war

American negotiators are headed to Oman this weekend for a round of high-level talks with Iran over its nuclear program. President Donald Trump...

11.04.2025 9

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Trump’s tariffs are an opportunity for China. Can Beijing seize it?

 It’s not often the case, but this is a week when the hard-working spokespeople for China’s foreign ministry have a pretty easy job.  The trade...

09.04.2025 3

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Are China, Canada, and Mexico really to blame for fentanyl?

Over the past decade, the synthetic drug fentanyl has devastated the United States, killing more than a quarter of a million Americans, making it,...

31.03.2025 6

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Why is the US bombing Yemen in the first place?

Washington has been convulsed over the past week by the question of how a prominent journalist was invited into a private Signal chat between senior...

28.03.2025 20

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The viral story of Trump’s team texting war plans to a journalist, briefly explained

This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news...

25.03.2025 30

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A tale of two ceasefires

Put the Nobel Peace Prize on hold for just a bit.  President Donald Trump came into office promising a swift end to two wars in Gaza and Ukraine. He...

22.03.2025 20

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Trump’s call with Putin, briefly explained

This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news...

19.03.2025 10

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Elon Musk’s extensive ties to China, explained

Elon Musk has opinions on how a lot of the world’s countries should be run.  He has weighed in on elections in Germany on behalf of a far-right...

18.03.2025 30

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Has Trump already killed NATO?

Throughout his first term as president, Donald Trump repeatedly threatened to leave NATO, an alliance that in his view allows other countries who...

17.03.2025 10

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Can Europe save Ukraine?

It’s possible that three years of fighting between Russia and Ukraine could end — at least temporarily— in a matter of weeks. It’s more likely...

10.03.2025 9

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Why Trump’s embrace of Putin is different this time

President Donald Trump’s decision to halt American military aid to Ukraine is one of the most dramatic US foreign policy shifts of recent years. The...

04.03.2025 4

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A Ukraine ceasefire deal is starting to come into view. Would it work?

After a dramatic week that saw both the third anniversary of the war in Ukraine and an unprecedented flurry of diplomatic activity, it’s becoming...

27.02.2025 10

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What Trump’s military purge was really about

Donald Trump had talked about firing senior military commanders on the campaign trail as far back as last summer. After the election, his...

25.02.2025 10

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Is Trump about to hand Ukraine to Russia?

Despite Donald Trump’s campaign promise to end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours, and despite his team’s overall move-fast-and-break-things approach,...

20.02.2025 3

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Why the Trump administration is fixated on Latin America

For decades, experts have accused American presidents of neglecting the Western Hemisphere in favor of faraway conflicts in Europe, the Middle East,...

10.02.2025 20

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Why Trump’s plan to “clean out” Gaza actually matters

It’s a safe bet that much of what President Donald Trump described in two press availabilities at the White House alongside Prime Minister Benjamin...

08.02.2025 20

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The world has entered the third nuclear age

This story was originally published in The Highlight, Vox’s member-exclusive magazine. To get early access to member-exclusive stories every month,...

05.02.2025 40

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Are America’s four main adversaries really in cahoots?

Hours after Donald Trump was sworn in as president, China’s Xi Jinping made a call to Russian President Vladimir Putin in which, according to the...

03.02.2025 10

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Did Israel “win” the post-October 7 war?

There was never going to be a “winner” of the bloody conflict that has raged in the Middle East for the past 15 months — not considering how the...

24.01.2025 5

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What it will really take to end the war in Ukraine

After nearly three years of fighting, it will take more than a day to end the war in Ukraine, as even Donald Trump now appears to acknowledge. Though...

16.01.2025 9

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The real danger of Trump’s Greenland gambit

It is an era of superpower conflict and competition for natural resources. Newly accessible sea routes are transforming the world’s political...

11.01.2025 20

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The New Orleans attack shows that ISIS hasn’t gone away. It’s changed.

The deadly attack in New Orleans on New Year’s Eve that left 15 people dead feels like a disturbing reminder of a past era, one when the...

03.01.2025 20

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How China could try to strangle Taiwan without firing a shot

TAIPEI, Taiwan — When most people imagine what war in the Taiwan Strait might look like, scenes out of eastern Ukraine in 2022 or even Normandy in...

16.12.2024 10

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After 13 years of war, Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria has been defeated. What comes next?

The early days of the uprising against Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian regime — which came to a stunning end this weekend after 13 long years of civil...

09.12.2024 40

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How the Syrian rebels’ surprise offensive shocked the world

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He thought he would die in Putin’s gulag. Now he has a message for the world.

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The three foreign policy factions fighting for Trump’s ear

22.11.2024 5

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Why Ukraine thinks it can still win over Donald Trump

11.11.2024 5

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Russia’s campaign against the West is getting more aggressive

07.11.2024 9

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Why the Pentagon just can’t quit Elon Musk

03.11.2024 3

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The global risks of a Trump presidency would be much higher this time

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How the wealthy are redrawing the world map

22.10.2024 3

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Israel killed Hamas’s leader. What happens next?

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Is the Israeli military ever leaving Gaza?

07.10.2024 10

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The biggest unanswered questions about the Hezbollah pager attack

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