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Trump and Hegseth’s Pentagon purge undermines the armed forces

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While Musk dismantles a pro-democracy group, America’s enemies cheer

19.02.2025 4

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U.S. soft power took decades to build. Trump is dismantling it in weeks.

04.02.2025 10

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Trump’s ‘Iron Dome’ is a fantasy. But there are practical options.

30.01.2025 10

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Why McKinley makes an alarming Trump presidential role model

26.01.2025 60

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Biden is getting hostages out of Gaza. Can Trump finally end the war?

16.01.2025 10

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The U.S. is unprepared for a major war. Can Pete Hegseth fix that?

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Biden’s U.S. Steel move blots his far-from-stainless trade record

07.01.2025 6

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How to respond to Russia’s hybrid war on the West? Hybrid counterattack.

01.01.2025 70

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Russia has a history of downing passenger planes — and covering it up

A decade ago, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, went down over a portion of eastern Ukraine controlled by...

29.12.2024 90

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Iran has been weakened. Is the time right for a Trump-Tehran deal?

20.12.2024 7

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A Russian general’s killing in Moscow points to a worrying trend

A year ago, the online publication Task & Purpose counted at least seven Russian generals killed during the war in Ukraine. In Western countries,...

20.12.2024 6

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New Jersey needs to get a grip. But our drone defenses need work.

Mass hysteria is a recurring feature of American life. In 1938, it was about an alien invasion — sparked by Orson Welles’s radio drama “The War...

14.12.2024 5

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The 10 days that shook the Middle East

The historian’s occupational hazard is giving the impression that what happened must have happened, that the march of events was inevitably leading...

08.12.2024 7

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Aleppo’s sudden fall reveals stark realities in Syria

The Syrian civil war began in 2011 and never really ended. The fighting has claimed about half a million lives and forcibly displaced more than...

05.12.2024 20

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Netanyahu reached a cease-fire with Hezbollah. Why not with Hamas?

The cease-fire agreement between Hezbollah and Israel is being touted by right-wing admirers of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as...

28.11.2024 10

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Is the U.S. military too ‘woke’ to win wars? Hardly.

23.11.2024 60

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How Trump the dealmaker can broker peace in Ukraine

During his campaign, President-elect Donald Trump promised, as one of his first orders of business, to end the war in Ukraine. “I will get that...

12.11.2024 9

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Moldovan voters thwart Putin’s designs. But what happens if Trump wins?

05.11.2024 4

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Another Trump term risks a major civilian-military crisis

Israel-Iran hostilities. North Korean troops getting ready to fight Ukraine. Chinese military exercises around Taiwan. Suspected Russian sabotage...

30.10.2024 20

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Israel is trying to uproot Iran’s influence. Iraq shows how hard that is.

Having killed two of its leading enemies — Hamas’s Yahya Sinwar and Hezbollah’s Hasan Nasrallah — Israel is expanding its military ambitions in the...

28.10.2024 6

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Israel strikes back against Iran. The Mideast is at maximum danger.

27.10.2024 10

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The election is a referendum on America’s role in the world

American voters tend be pretty parochial in their approach to elections, focusing on domestic issues above all. I’m not sure if enough of them are...

21.10.2024 5

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There is no purely military solution to Israel’s security woes

Little more than a year ago, on Oct. 7, 2023, Israel suffered arguably the second-biggest intelligence and military failure in its history (after...

11.10.2024 20

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As drone tech zooms ahead, the Pentagon scrambles to adapt

09.10.2024 20

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Hasan Nasrallah is gone. But the threat of Hezbollah remains.

29.09.2024 10

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A ground war against Hezbollah would be another quagmire for Israel

If you want to see how nations can stumble into wars without end, the ongoing (and rapidly escalating) conflict between Israel and Hezbollah...

27.09.2024 10

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Zelensky is in the U.S. seeking aid. Here’s what Ukraine needs.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is visiting the United States this week — culminating in a Thursday meeting at the White House with...

25.09.2024 30

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Hezbollah device attacks: Is this a prelude to war, or an alternative?

19.09.2024 20

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Trump’s debate performance punctured his foreign policy pretensions

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Terrorism warning lights are ‘blinking red again.’ This group is a big reason.

09.09.2024 4

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Reagan Didn’t Win the Cold War

When Republicans strategize about how to deal with China today, many of them point to President Ronald Reagan’s confrontational approach toward the...

06.09.2024 40

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Telegram’s Pavel Durov is a poor poster boy for free speech

The decision by French authorities to arrest Pavel Durov, the billionaire, Russian-born founder of the Telegram social media app, has sent his...

29.08.2024 4

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Ronald Reagan was more ideological — and more pragmatic — than you think

Adapted from “Reagan: His Life and Legend” by Max Boot. Copyright (©) 2024 by Max Boot. Used with permission of the publisher, Liveright Publishing...

28.08.2024 60

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Ukraine’s Kursk offensive isn’t just a raid. It’s upending assumptions.

Russia, stunned by the incursion, has been slow to respond, while Ukraine gains battlefield maneuverability. A Ukrainian serviceman patrols in the...

26.08.2024 4

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Biden’s failure to hold Netanyahu to account creates a moral hazard

17.08.2024 20

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Surprise Ukraine offensive pokes Russia’s soft underbelly

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Venezuela’s stolen election shows the bipartisan failure of U.S. policy

The long record of U.S. futility is a reminder of the limitations of American power. President Nicolás Maduro attends a ceremony in Caracas on...

30.07.2024 40

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Netanyahu may be winning, but Israel isn’t

23.07.2024 4

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