Israel’s foreign influence is the most unrelenting in US history
In his farewell address to the nation, George Washington included a special pleading: “Against the insidious wiles of…
Rubio takes annual human rights report to new heights of cynicism
After much delay, Marco Rubio’s State Department finally released the 2024 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, known…
Four scenarios for war — and peace — with Iran
The 12-day war between Israel and Iran in 2025 shattered long-held assumptions, thrusting U.S.–Iran relations into uncharted territory.…
Not Blackwater or Wagner, Americans in Gaza are 100% mercenaries
Americans working for a little known U.S.-based private military contractor have begun to come forward to media and…
No NATO for Ukraine is key to jumpstarting stalled talks
Bringing peace to Ukraine has obviously proved more difficult than President Trump imagined when he pledged to end…
Israel blindsides Trump in self-serving effort to break up Syria
Just days before Israeli F-35s screamed over Damascus, the improbable seemed within reach. U.S. Special Envoy Tom Barrack,…
Trump lifted sanctions on Syria. Now do Cuba.
President Trump’s new National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM) on Cuba, announced on June 30, reaffirms the policy of…
Good, bad and ugly: Impact of US Iran strikes on Russia war talks
To a considerable degree, President Donald Trump won the presidency in 2024 because voters embraced his message of…
Trump’s silence on loss of Ukraine lithium territory speaks volumes
Last week, Russian military forces seized a valuable lithium field in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, the latest…
Pure Orwell: Europe condemns Iran for attacks on its own territory
When Israeli warplanes struck Iran this week — violating Iranian sovereignty in a brazen act of aggression, killing scores…
Done right, Hegseth’s personnel reforms can fix broken military
On April 30, new Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Stuart Scheller, a former Marine Corps…
‘Terrorism’? Israel has weaponized the charge for decades
What do human rights activists in Jerusalem, humanitarian aid workers in Gaza, and college students in New York…