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Marc Champion

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We’re all trapped in Trump’s 1980s worldview

We’re all trapped in Trump’s 1980s worldview

Take a moment to digest the following, quite extraordinary sequence of events. Earlier this month, U.S. officials leaked to the Washington Post that...

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Trump’s ambitions for Iran: He wants everything.

U.S. President Donald Trump never did explain to Congress or anyone else what his justifications and goals would be for attacking Iran. Now, with...

01.03.2026 80

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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has already changed the world

Four years after Russia invaded Ukraine with its full might, how has the war changed its various protagonists? It’s a question worth asking, even...

27.02.2026 80

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Putin has weaponized the peace talks. The U.S. can stop him

18.02.2026 80

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On Iran, U.S. needs a little more data and a lot less hubris

06.02.2026 50

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Putin’s recent silence is worrying

23.01.2026 70

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America's Venezuela playbook won't work in Iran

11.01.2026 90

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The Greenland alarm is sounding — Europe needs to hear it

09.01.2026 100

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‘The West’ is near death. It’s also worth fighting for.

05.01.2026 90

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The EU is the wrong power player for Ukraine

03.12.2025 70

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Trump's Ukraine plan is shameless and should be rejected

26.11.2025 80

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Sanctions or Tomahawks? Only credible threats will convince Putin.

27.10.2025 50

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Did Putin finally overplay his hand with Ukraine?

17.09.2025 60

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Lessons for NATO after Putin sends drones over Poland

11.09.2025 40

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Putin is about to outplay Trump again in Alaska

13.08.2025 40

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Russia’s frozen $245 billion can pay for Ukraine’s arms

20.07.2025 50

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The U.S. bombing of Iran was a win for Putin

07.07.2025 30

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There is no 'one-and-done' on Iran's nuclear ambitions

25.06.2025 50

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Netanyahu’s big gamble risks a quicker Iranian bomb

18.06.2025 40

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Netanyahu’s big gamble risks a quicker Iranian bomb

15.06.2025 50

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Nothing civilized about Netanyahu's war in Gaza

26.05.2025 50

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The U.S. is letting Putin string it along on Ukraine

02.05.2025 20

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U.S. diplomacy confronts reality in Ukraine and Iran

27.04.2025 40

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U.S. allies get a Signal chat’s worth of red flags

26.03.2025 40

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Kyiv and Moscow are divided by a valley of lies

12.03.2025 50

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Ukraine is just a pawn in a Russian reset

25.02.2025 50

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Trump’s resource grab in Ukraine is a price worth paying

16.02.2025 60

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Trump’s ‘Gaza Riviera’ scheme may be more than a fantasy

06.02.2025 30

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Gaza ceasefire deal is a win for Trump

17.01.2025 30

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What you think you know about Ukraine is probably wrong

Lately, I made a point of reading the posts I normally skip on X, formerly Twitter — the ones that parrot disinformation as if it were well-known...

08.01.2025 60

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