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No, Trump is not committing war crimes in Iran

No, Trump is not committing war crimes in Iran

One hundred legal scholars signed a letter arguing that President Donald Trump’s threat to target Iranian power plants and bridges could amount to...

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Here’s how Trump should retaliate against Spain

Here’s how Trump should retaliate against Spain

When Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez forbade U.S. forces from using Spanish bases to support the war in Iran and then banned U.S. military...

02.04.2026 10

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The State Department gets Libya wrong. Trump should force a correction

The State Department gets Libya wrong. Trump should force a correction

BENGHAZI, Libya — Benghazi remains seared in American minds due to the murder of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens 14 years ago, when Islamist...

01.04.2026 10

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Iran energy chaos offers a taste of Greta Thunberg’s world

Oil is again above $100 per barrel, and gas prices at the pump are at $1 more than they were just a month ago, before the war...

26.03.2026 10

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Ending the Iran war without regime change will lead to slaughter

In 1960, Saloth Sar — better known as Pol Pot — formed the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. Pol Pot looked at Mao Zedong and China’s Cultural Revolution...

25.03.2026 20

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From Somaliland to Congo, Rubio flunks on Africa

Two decades ago, at a conference in Gdansk, Poland, marking the 25th anniversary of Poland’s Solidarity Movement, Radek Sikorski, now the foreign...

18.03.2026 10

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Iran’s declining ability to fight Hormuz battle

The media is obsessing over price volatility in the oil markets. Meanwhile, Iran fans the flames of panic. “The lever of blocking the Strait of...

17.03.2026 10

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Rubio should recognize Erdogan’s attack on peaceful Americans

It’s all caught on video: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arriving at the Turkish ambassador’s residence during a 2017 visit to the United...

11.03.2026 10

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The intelligence community fails on Iran

The National Intelligence Council bridges the intelligence and policy communities to provide policymakers with intelligence assessments. It famously...

10.03.2026 20

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Transform Ruhollah Khomeini’s tomb into a museum on regime crimes

During my first trip to Iran in 1996, I visited Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s tomb, a palatial complex abutting a Behesht-e Zahra Iran-Iraq War...

08.03.2026 40

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Don’t give Europe or Turkey a say in Iran’s reconstruction

Hand it to European leaders. They are akin to diplomatic poker players who have mastered the art of demanding a cut of the pot without ever offering...

03.03.2026 10

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Albania does not deserve EU membership under Edi Rama

Many progressives and internationalists on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean support European Union expansion. Increasing membership does not always...

24.02.2026 10

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Don’t let authoritarians attack Americans in the heart of Washington

It wasn’t the headline President Donald Trump wanted for the first meeting of his Board of Peace. Outside the U.S. Institute of Peace, where world...

23.02.2026 20

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Norway’s Svalbard is a Trojan Horse for China and Russia

President Donald Trump argues that U.S. security demands the annexation of Greenland from Denmark. There’s no question that Greenland has outsize...

18.02.2026 30

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Resist the lynch mob against Jeremy Carl

Jeremy Carl, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the State Department’s assistant secretary of state for international organization affairs,...

17.02.2026 30

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Panama Canal decision is another Trump win in Western Hemisphere

07.02.2026 10

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Will Trump fall for Iran’s nuclear negotiations bluff?

07.02.2026 10

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Will Billie Eilish give up her stolen land?

04.02.2026 10

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Trump’s praiseworthy India trade deal

04.02.2026 10

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Does Saudi Arabia know how bad its armed forces are?

04.02.2026 10

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Michael Cohen flips — again

19.01.2026 10

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If populism is so great, why are blue states so unaffordable?

19.01.2026 10

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Did Trump let his Iran rhetoric get ahead of his strategy?

19.01.2026 10

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Trump should pursue regime change in Eritrea

18.01.2026 20

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Ending Iran’s regime won’t be easy

16.01.2026 10

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An unwise prosecution of Powell

13.01.2026 30

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Why Micron is surging

13.01.2026 30

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Add Australia to the religious freedom watch list

13.01.2026 40

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Is Mohammed bin Salman an ally or adversary?

06.01.2026 10

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China’s military is staring down the barrel of its gun

30.12.2025 10

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Trump’s shock therapy for Europe

30.12.2025 10

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Russia invents Ukraine’s assassination attempt on Putin

30.12.2025 10

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Rubio and Landau risk oversleeping on Somaliland opportunity

30.12.2025 30

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After Australia, will Jewish people in France, Norway, Turkey, and Ireland be next?

16.12.2025 8

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What DOGE’s failure says about Trump’s second term

26.11.2025 10

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Why Russia won’t accept any firm security guarantees for Ukraine

26.11.2025 10

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Hollywood movie studios might want to hire the pope as a consultant

26.11.2025 10

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Is Turkey’s Erdogan the new Gadhafi?

26.11.2025 10

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China tests our alliance with Japan

18.11.2025 10

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How a Pennsylvania school district tried (and failed) to usurp parental rights

18.11.2025 10

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If Mali falls, could Nigeria be next?

18.11.2025 20

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BBC bias, Donald Trump, and Nigel Farage

11.11.2025 20

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Is the UN antisemitic? Here’s the proof

11.11.2025 10

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A good day for the separation of powers in the Supreme Court

06.11.2025 10

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Wealth in the age of AI: hedge or harness?

06.11.2025 10

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Marco Rubio needs a bold Nigeria strategy

06.11.2025 10

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Foreign companies are lobbying while masquerading as US businesses

03.11.2025 20

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Walz’s bad SNAP math

03.11.2025 30

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Azerbaijan becomes a weak link on sanctions and counterterrorism

03.11.2025 20

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Bill Gates gets real on climate and leaves the Left behind

30.10.2025 10

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