Can Israel Destroy Iran’s Nuclear Program?
What It Will Really Take to Block Tehran’s Path to the Bomb – Richard Nephew Israel’s decision to attack Iran’s nuclear program on June 12 might go down in history as the start of...
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June 15, 1215 King John Puts His Seal On Magna Carta
Following a revolt by the English nobility against his rule, King John puts his royal seal on Magna Carta, or “the Great Charter,” on June 15, 1215. The document, essentially a peace treaty between...
How The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans – Jeffrey Goldberg
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling – By Jeffrey Goldberg The world found out...
The Brewing War With Israel Is Boosting Iran’s Young Hard-Liners
Regional Conflict Favors Extremists in the IRGC – By Saeid Golkar and Kasra Aarabi As Iran and Israel inch ever closer to a full-scale war, the Islamic Republic’s huge ballistic missile attack on Tel Aviv...
Putin’s Greatest Weakness
To Break the Kremlin’s War Machine, the West Must Exploit the Grievances and Fears of Ordinary Russians – By Peter Pomerantsev In early August, as Ukrainian forces burst across the Russian border on their way...
Harris, Trump Outline Starkly Different Visions in Tense, High-stakes US Debate – Emmanuel Addeh
Sparring on politics and personality, US Vice President Kamala Harris and ex-President Donald Trump showcased their starkly different visions for the country as they met for the first time last night. It was perhaps...
Nigerian Army admits mass resignation of soldiers – says joining, quitting Military voluntary
The Nigerian Army says that voluntary retirement, discharge of personnel is routine and in line with laid down procedures as contained in the Harmonised Terms and Conditions of Service (Officers/Soldiers) alike. The Director, Army Public Relations,...
The Return of Hamiltonian Statecraft
A grand strategy for a turbulent world – Walter Russell Mead The twenty-first century has seen the return to prominence of U.S. foreign policy traditions once largely considered relics of an outmoded past. Jacksonian...
The Perils of Isolationism – By Condoleezza Rice
The World Still Needs America—and America Still Needs the World In times of uncertainty, people reach for historical analogies. After 9/11, George W. Bush administration officials invoked Pearl Harbor as a standard comparison in...
Telegram founder Pavel Durov ‘arrested at French airport after stepping off private plane’
Telegram messaging app founder and CEO Pavel Durov has reportedly been arrested at a French airport after stepping off private plane. Police swooped on the billionaire shortly after landing at the Bourget airport, outside...
