1+ hour, 24+ min ago  (952+ words) The Trump administration is reviving an imperial application of international law as part of its efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. "There may come a point when we are no longer able to be reasonable, and will be forced…...

4+ hour, 44+ min ago  (257+ words) Oil is trading near its lowest levels since the war began in late February, with Brent hovering close to pre-war prices even as Gulf producers pump barrels back into a recovering market. The immediate trigger was a Qatari statement that…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (598+ words) What keeps the Gulf running is not aircraft carriers or air defense systems or generals talking about "maritime security" in policy briefings and strategic forums. What keeps the Gulf running is people. A welder from Tamil Nadu, India works 12-hour…...

2+ week, 5+ hour ago  (216+ words) The fans, meanwhile, have been navigating additional turbulence of their own. Outside So Fi Stadium, fans with these pre-revolutionary flags engaged with others waving Islamic Republic flags. Verbal altercations broke out before and after both games. After the Belgium match…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (881+ words) The Persistence of "Israel First" Foreign Policy in Focus Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu (Shutterstock) The Persistence of "Israel First" If there is one conclusion to be drawn from the latest confrontation involving Iran, the United States, and Israel, it…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (262+ words) The revealing moment in Donald Trump's latest Iran messaging was not the boast. It was the hesitation. Asked about sending U. S. special operations forces into Iran to extract the country's enriched uranium, Trump said that his team had considered it and…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (869+ words) On June 1, despite a ceasefire ostensibly underway in the U. S. -Israeli war on Iran, Israel's prime minister launched a major escalation against Lebanon, including threatening airstrikes against the Lebanese capital. The U. S. president called the Israeli leader, furiously demanding an end to…...

4+ week, 23+ hour ago  (802+ words) This week, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth was on hand in Normandy for the eighty-second anniversary of the D-Day invasion. He made the usual remarks about U. S. dedication to defending freedom, just as he did last year on a similar occasion....

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (310+ words) While in Wisconsin, President Donald Trump sat down with NBC News to discuss the ongoing U. S. -Iran military conflict. During the interview it was clear that Trump is fundamentally misreading the situation inside Iran. Trump may well be satisfied with a…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (483+ words) It's got no anything," President Donald Trump said of Somalia in a recent xenophobic rant. All they do is run around shooting each other." As is true of so much with this administration, every accusation is also a confession. The…...