Geopolitics

The image that defined Donald Trump’s first-term North Korea policy was a handshake across the demilitarized zone. The summit in Singapore, the letters exchanged with Kim Jong-un, the theatrical walk into the South, it was all choreography, heavy on gesture and light on substance. The substance, when it finally arrived, was nothing. Hanoi collapsed. Stockholm […]

Somalia warns Israel against meddling in Somaliland after embassy opens in Jerusalem Somalia’s government has issued a formal warning to Israel against interference in the affairs of Somaliland, the breakaway region that opened its first overseas embassy in Jerusalem this week, calling the move a violation of the Horn of Africa’s sovereignty. The move represents […]

EU refuses to lift key Iran sanctions until a formal nuclear deal is signed The European Union will not lift its most significant sanctions on Iran until a formal nuclear agreement is reached, the bloc’s foreign policy chief said Friday — a clear signal that Europe does not consider the interim memorandum of understanding signed […]

Senate threatens to ground Hegseth’s travel over Iran school bombing and boat strike investigations The Senate Armed Services Committee is using the Pentagon’s own budget to force answers on two episodes the Trump administration would rather forget: the cruise missile strike that killed 165 schoolgirls in Iran and the drug-war shootings at sea that left […]

Vance warns Israel against fighting the Iran deal as Tehran threatens a “harsh response” over Lebanon Vice President JD Vance on Thursday delivered a blunt public warning to Israel: the Iran deal is happening, and the United States will not tolerate allies who try to kill it. Hours earlier, Iran’s armed forces command issued its […]

Ukrainian drones struck a Moscow oil refinery for the second time this week on Thursday, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy presses the United States and European allies to turn the diplomatic momentum from the G7 summit into concrete support for ending the war. Russia’s Defense Ministry said its air defenses shot down 555 Ukrainian drones across […]

Benjamin Netanyahu is facing the worst political pressure he has seen in months. The cause is not a domestic scandal or a corruption indictment. It is the US-Iran agreement signed last week in Switzerland, a deal that cut Israel out of the process entirely and now threatens to force the Israeli prime minister to choose […]

“I’m the boss,” Donald Trump said as he walked into the morning session of the G7 summit’s final day, the other leaders already seated around the table. It was a joke delivered with a grin, and the room laughed. But like most of Trump’s jokes, it carried the weight of a statement of fact. The […]

Pentagon Abandons ‘Indo-Pacific,’ Reverts INDOPACOM to PACOM in Symbolic Shift With Strategic Teeth The Pentagon officially renamed the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command back to its original title — U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM) — on June 17, 2026, eight years after the name was changed to emphasize the strategic link between the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The […]

Macron hosts Trump at Versailles as G7 closes with AI lunch, Iran deal and critical minerals pact EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France — The 2026 G7 summit closed on June 17 with President Emmanuel Macron steering French domestic political risk and transatlantic optics into a single evening: a private dinner with U.S. President Donald Trump at the Palace […]