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Under Bombs and Repression, Iranians Are Living With a Fear That Never Fully Turns Off
FOREIGN POLICY | IRAN | CIVILIAN LIFE Under Bombs and Repression, Iranians Are Living With a Fear That Never Fully Turns Off For many Iranians, the war is no longer measured only in explosions, casualty counts, or diplomatic statements from men far from the blast zone. It is measured in sleeplessness, in the sound of
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Russia’s 948-Drone Barrage Shows the War Is Scaling Faster Than Diplomacy
FOREIGN POLICY | DRONE WARFARE | UKRAINE Russia’s 948-Drone Barrage Shows the War Is Scaling Faster Than Diplomacy Russia’s latest aerial assault on Ukraine was not just another grim update in a war that has already trained the world to process devastation as routine. It was a warning about scale, repetition, and the industrial future
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When Oil Meets a Choke point: Trump Urges Allies to Guard the Strait of Hormuz
When Oil Meets a Chokepoint: Trump Urges Allies to Guard the Strait of Hormuz The Strait of Hormuz has returned to the center of global tension, and that usually signals trouble far beyond the Middle East. President Donald Trump is urging allied nations to help protect the narrow waterway as fears grow over potential disruptions
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The Missing Billions Question: Why Jeanine Pirro’s Ukraine Aid Argument Keeps Catching Fire
The Missing Billions Question: Why Jeanine Pirro’s Ukraine Aid Argument Keeps Catching Fire Large government spending programs often create confusion. Ukraine aid has become the latest example. Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the United States approved massive support packages. The total amount tied to Ukraine now reaches well into the hundreds of billions when
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The Iran War Has Begun. Now the World Waits to See Where It Ends.
The Iran War Has Begun. Now the World Waits to See Where It Ends. The Middle East has crossed a line that policymakers have spent decades trying to avoid. What began as coordinated strikes between Israel, the United States, and Iran has hardened into open conflict, with missiles, drones, and retaliation spreading across the region.
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Iran, Israel, and the United States: When Deterrence Breaks and the Region Pays the Bill
Iran, Israel, and the United States: When Deterrence Breaks and the Region Pays the Bill The Iran Israel confrontation has spent years living in the shadows, where deniability was a tool and escalation was managed through proxies, cyber strikes, and carefully calibrated responses. Now the world is staring at something harder to contain, a direct
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Bombing Iran, Redrawing the Rules: What the U.S. and Israel Just Set in Motion
Bombing Iran, Redrawing the Rules: What the U.S. and Israel Just Set in Motion The United States and Israel have now crossed the line from warning into execution, launching major strikes inside Iran on February 28, 2026. That single fact reshapes the regional map, the global energy equation, and the credibility games every capital plays
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Epstein Fallout Abroad, Silence at Home: The Transatlantic Divide in Accountability
Europe reacts like reputation is strategy, Washington responds like time is armor, and the world watches the difference. Epstein Revelations Upend Europe, America Stays Quiet: The Foreign Policy Gap in Accountability In Europe, Epstein related revelations have landed like a political stress test, forcing parties and institutions to react fast to contain reputational damage. In
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How Presidents Use Military Force Without a Declaration of War
How Presidents Use Military Force Without a Declaration of War The United States Constitution gives Congress the authority to declare war, yet modern American military actions rarely begin with a formal declaration. Instead, presidents have increasingly relied on executive authority, statutory interpretations, and precedent to justify the use of force abroad. This shift has raised
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