On February 11th, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu met yet again with President Trump on his sixth visit since Trump resumed the presidency. It got me to wondering: why all these private meetings between the two leaders? What are they up to now? This time the meeting was about Iran, trying …

Officials keep channels open even as rhetoric expands targets and consequences, turning uncertainty into a strategic tool while publicly conditioning audiences for escalation Since the public protests that began in Iran in late December 2025, the confrontation between the United States and Iran has unfolded along two parallel and carefully …

How much aid has the United States provided Ukraine? As of December 31, 2025, the U.S. Congress had made available $188 billion in spending related to the war in Ukraine, according to the U.S. Special Inspector General for Operation Atlantic Resolve. Of the $188 billion, $164 billion comes from five …

The majority of Lebanese oppose peace with Israel, and elected officials who pursue normalization with the Jewish state risk political suicide. Nevertheless, popular rejection of peace does not justify censoring its proponents. The very purpose of open public debate is to allow minority positions to argue their case, sway doubters, …

France has stopped clinging to notions of being a great power and is embracing the middle power moment. But Emmanuel Macron has his work cut out if he is to secure his country’s global standing before his term in office ends. France is leaning into its status as a great …

Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine turned Russia into a pariah state in the West overnight. The Russian president had assumed he could topple the Ukrainian government within days. But as his 40-mile armored column stalled on the road to Kyiv, Moscow found itself in a protracted conflict, with an …

Nous vivons un moment étrange, presque obscène.L’humanité n’a jamais été aussi équipée technologiquement, jamais aussi connectée, jamais aussi capable de prévoir, de modéliser, d’anticiper. Et pourtant, jamais elle n’a semblé aussi proche de replonger, presque mécaniquement, dans les vieux réflexes de domination, de peur et d’escalade. La crise entre les …

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates Have Been Friends and Allies for Decades, but They Have Picked Different Sides in the Fighting in Yemen Two gasoline Goliaths of the Persian Gulf are facing off, and neither of them is Iran — in fact, both are allies of the United …

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A Declaration of Arrest Report, issued by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department in connection with the detention of Ori Solomon on January 31, states that there is a “deeper conspiracy” between an illegal biological lab in Reedley, California and a residence containing apparently dangerous substances in Nevada. Fortunately, in …