Reporting, analysis, vision & strategy bearing on war, peace and international relations. This includes content relating to countries engaged in war, the economics of war and the military industrial complex, NATO, anti-war movements, peace keeping efforts and the impact of war on people and the environment.
With the Iran-US ceasefire all but retired to the infirmary of international politics, Washington has conducted air strikes on Iran for a…
After the 2024 election, the White House website described what it called Donald Trumpās āmandate,ā beginning with āputting a stop to endless…
June 24 marked the start of the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercises, the world’s largest international naval war games. Led…
Much of the time, it seems as if the war machine runs on auto-pilot. Indeed, the United States has been engaged in…
On 7-8 July, members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) gathered in Ankara, Turkey, for their annual Summit. The Summit reflected…
US military commanders ābypassed warningsā indicating that their database of strike targets inside Iran was badly out of date shortly before launching…
What has befallen Lebanon over the last two years is nothing short of a devastating earthquake. Itās part of the deal that…
Last week, millions of people around the world were subjected to record-breaking heatwaves. At least 25 deaths in the U.S. from this…
‘I think when it comes to nuclear, we are really in a good place.’ With these words, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte…
“I just want to say there was tremendous love in that room,” President Trump declared as he wrapped up the 2026 NATO…
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