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Marc ChampionFortune |
When I heard the US was considering a ban on Tiktok, my first thought was: Fine with me. I’m a boomer. Whatever security threat TikTok’s Chinese...
A multi-nation survey published last week found a significant decline in the proportion of Ukrainians who believe they can beat Russia’s invasion....
“WE HAVE A DEAL,” US President-elect Donald Trump said on his social media channel Truth Social, as Israel and the Hamas terrorist organization...
Donald Trump has refused to rule out using force to acquire Greenland from Denmark or the Panama Canal from Panama. Don’t rule out that he might...
Austria, the birthplace of Adolf Hitler, looks set to welcome its first far-right Chancellor since World War II, in the form of Freedom Party head...
If, just a few months ago, one had tried to sketch out the best plausible scenario for Syria, it would have looked much like what we see today: the...
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...
If the Saudi immigrant who drove his car into Magdeburg’s Christmas market on Friday had been a jihadist, his all-too-familiar story would have...
Imagine you’re an average Iranian. Statistically, you’re very likely to be under 35, born long after the 1979 Islamic revolution and Iran-Iraq war...
A note to Europe’s leaders: When it comes to sending sufficient aid to help Ukraine end Russia’s invasion, if not now, when? In October, I visited...
US President-elect Donald Trump says Syria is neither America’s friend nor its fight. It is, however, the fight of America’s friends and, no less...
To say we have no idea how events in Syria will turn out after President Bashar al-Assad’s flight to Moscow is an understatement. Even so, it’s...
What are we seeing in Georgia? That isn’t an easy question to answer, but I think it’s the moment at which the government of a functioning...
If you’re curious to know what a truly post-American world will look like, take a close look at what’s been going on the last few days, and...
The key to all magic tricks is distraction, which is the best way to understand Russian President Vladimir Putin’s latest round of nuclear saber...
Last year, some Western leaders started boasting of Russia’s “strategic defeat” in Ukraine. This was always a terrible idea and a line President...
Still bloodying Ukraine, Russia now stands accused of running a “special operation” to steal parliamentary elections in Georgia and of flooding...
Israel has delivered a proportionate, justified and likely effective strike on Iran's missile and air-defense systems. This has forced a further...
As Israel prepares to take the next step up a ladder of retaliatory escalation with Iran, there are good reasons not to strike the nation’s nuclear...
A year after Hamas fighters went on their nightmarish killing spree among Kibbutzniks and concert-going Jewish kids, Israel is dramatically...
There are good reasons for Israel not to hit Iran’s nuclear program in its coming retaliation against the Islamic Republic. Yet the logic for a...
President Vladimir Putin has outlined a much-trailed change to his nuclear doctrine, leading to predictable warnings of a radioactive Armageddon...
The soldier-turned US President Dwight Eisenhower once said that when he couldn’t solve problems, he made them bigger, so he could. Israel’s Prime...
A picture of Israel’s intentions for Lebanon is beginning to emerge: No ground invasion is imminent; instead, the aim appears to be to restore...
In Budapest this week, America’s ambassador to Hungary gave one of the most trenchant expressions of values-based foreign policy — and takedowns...
Escalation management, according to a recent report by the Washington-based Atlantic Council and many frustrated Ukrainians, is the new...
When it comes to disinformation warfare, President Vladimir Putin is, of course, a pro. As a career KGB agent, it’s what he knows and what he does....
In the later stages of the Cold War, US President Ronald Reagan relied on the Russian saying, “Trust, but verify,” for his guiding principle in...
There’s no job on earth less attractive than being a head of state forced to decide between cutting a hostage deal with terrorists that risks...
The moment it became clear Hezbollah would be starting a large-scale drone and missile attack last week, Israel fired a preemptive strike that...
An overwhelming majority of Israelis say they want a cease-fire deal to get the remaining hostages in Gaza back alive. Most also say they’re...
Not for the first time, Ukraine is having problems with support from Berlin. It also has a France, US and even a UK problem. Taken together, they go...
Listen to any Israeli official responding to accusations over genocide 10 months into the war in Gaza, and you’re likely to hear some variation of...
There is something verging on insanity about the deep and justified pessimism that surrounds Gaza cease-fire talks that started Thursday, because...
One week into Ukraine’s counterstrike into Russia’s Kursk region, we still have only a hazy picture of what is happening on the ground and know...
It’s been an article of faith in the Middle East that no player involved in the current standoff over Gaza has an interest in stoking a wider war....
Take a good look at the lists of prisoners exchanged between Kremlin and the White House this week. If, after that, you still find yourself...
With the death of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, Israel appears to have eliminated top officials in two organizations committed...