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Under the Gun: Understanding America’s Defense Spending Paradox

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10.10.2026 20

Time

Joshua Keating

The Real Danger May Be AI as Dumb as Us

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08.10.2026 10

Foreign Policy

Joshua Keating

The Iran War Might Be Somaliland’s Chance for Recognition

Foreign & Public Diplomacy As far as most of the world is concerned, the Republic of Somaliland doesn’t exist. That’s inconvenient, because...

23.09.2026 30

Foreign Policy

Joshua Keating

Why Trump can’t rekindle the spark with Kim Jong Un

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...

19.08.2026 20

Vox

Joshua Keating

The US might lose the AI race to China. Should Americans care?

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...

03.08.2026 20

Vox

Joshua Keating

We’re running out of ways to get oil out of the Middle East

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...

29.07.2026 50

Vox

Joshua Keating

Why Trump may be undermining his own Saudi nuclear deal

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...

24.07.2026 30

Vox

Joshua Keating

Iran may be stronger than we thought

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...

21.07.2026 30

Vox

Joshua Keating

How success in Venezuela set Trump up for disaster 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...

20.07.2026 40

Vox

Joshua Keating

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 40

Vox

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 40

Vox

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 40

Vox

Joshua Keating

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

26.06.2026 30

Vox

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 30

Vox

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 40

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 50

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 40

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 40

Vox

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 60

Vox

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 40

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 40

Vox

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 40

Vox

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 50

Vox

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 70

Vox

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 50

Vox

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 40

Vox

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 40

Vox

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 50

Vox

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 50

Vox

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 80

Vox

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 40

Vox

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 80

Vox

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 60

Vox

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 60

Vox

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 60

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 50

Vox

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 50

Vox

Joshua Keating

The dangerous lesson countries may take from the Iran war

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09.03.2026 80

Vox

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 70

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 70

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 40

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 60

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 50

Vox

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 70

Vox

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 50

Vox

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 70

Vox

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 60

Vox

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 50

Vox

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 60

Vox

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 50

Vox

Joshua Keating