Geopolitics & international affairs
It looked, for a moment, like Iran’s ruling establishment had finally found common ground. After months of devastating war, an April cease-fire, and 70 days of indirect talks brokered by Pakistan and Qatar, Tehran and Washington signed a memorandum of understanding in mid-June ending hostilities. The entire establishment lined up behind the agreement. The foreign […]
The GOP’s slow-motion fracture with Israel Benjamin Netanyahu long ago lost the Democratic Party. Now he is losing the Republican base too, and the numbers are stark enough to suggest a structural realignment in American politics. For decades, support for Israel was one of the few truly bipartisan pillars of U.S. foreign policy. That pillar […]
Iran Denies Trump’s Claim of Doha Meeting as Hormuz Tensions Simmer A diplomatic fog hangs over the Persian Gulf after President Donald Trump announced that Iran had “requested a meeting” for Tuesday in Doha, Qatar, only for Tehran to flatly deny any such talks were scheduled. The dueling statements came hours after both sides agreed […]
One win, three losses: Trump’s dramatic day at the Supreme Court On the second-to-last day of its term, the Supreme Court delivered President Donald Trump the biggest expansion of presidential power in nearly a century. It also handed him three defeats that cut directly into his policy agenda. The day revealed a court willing to […]
Iran Denies Trump’s Claim of Doha Meeting as Hormuz Tensions Simmer A diplomatic fog hangs over the Persian Gulf after President Donald Trump announced that Iran had “requested a meeting” for Tuesday in Doha, Qatar, only for Tehran to flatly deny any such talks were scheduled. The dueling statements came hours after both sides agreed […]
Israeli Strike Hits Tents in Gaza Humanitarian Zone, Killing Two and Wounding Dozens An Israeli airstrike struck tents sheltering displaced families in the al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis on Monday, killing at least two people and setting several tents ablaze in a zone the Israeli military itself had designated as a humanitarian safe area. The […]
The GOP’s slow-motion fracture with Israel Benjamin Netanyahu long ago lost the Democratic Party. Now he is losing the Republican base too, and the numbers are stark enough to suggest a structural realignment in American politics. For decades, support for Israel was one of the few truly bipartisan pillars of U.S. foreign policy. That pillar […]
Israeli Strike Hits Tents in Gaza Humanitarian Zone, Killing Two and Wounding Dozens An Israeli airstrike struck tents sheltering displaced families in the al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis on Monday, killing at least two people and setting several tents ablaze in a zone the Israeli military itself had designated as a humanitarian safe area. The […]
One win, three losses: Trump’s dramatic day at the Supreme Court On the second-to-last day of its term, the Supreme Court delivered President Donald Trump the biggest expansion of presidential power in nearly a century. It also handed him three defeats that cut directly into his policy agenda. The day revealed a court willing to […]
Why Central Asia is turning to Putin for nuclear power Central Asia is running out of power. The region’s Soviet-era grid was built for a different century, and a booming population is pushing it past capacity. Blackouts and rationing have become a seasonal reality from the Kazakh steppe to the Fergana Valley. Now the region’s […]
