The story we’re being sold about the Iran war is simple: it’s limited, it’s working, and it’s almost over. The reality sounds a lot more dangerous when you slow down and ask the questions leaders keep skipping: What’s the strategy? What’s the end state? And why is the...
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Saudi Arabia Suggests Arab States Develop Non-Aggression Pact with Iran
by Kyle Anzalone | May 14, 2026 | News
Diplomats speaking with the Financial Times said Saudi Arabia has been discussing developing a non-aggression pact among Gulf Arab states and Iran. Two Western diplomats told FT that the framework for the pact would resemble the 1970s Helsinki Process. The 1975...
Xi Warns Trump of ‘Clashes and Conflict’ Over Taiwan
by Kyle Anzalone | May 14, 2026 | News
During a meeting with President Donald Trump in China on Thursday, President Xi Jinping warned of the possibility of war over Taiwan. According to a recounting of the meeting between the two leaders, Xi said that if the Taiwan issue is handled correctly, then the...
Iran Seizes Ship Near UAE
by Kyle Anzalone | May 14, 2026 | News
Iranian forces boarded a ship near the UAE. The vessel potentially contained a cache of weapons. On Thursday, armed men boarded a ship near the United Arab Emirates, and it sailed to Iranian waters. The vessel has been identified as the Honduras-flagged Hui Chuan....
Ep 082 “The CG Mailbag: Question Time”
by Bill Buppert | May 14, 2026 | Chasing Ghosts Podcast
It's been quite some time since I have responded to "mail" so I have curated five questions to address:. What should the USAF do now? Is fraud a form of irregular warfare? What should the DoW do with 1.5 trillion dollars? References: Unauthorized History of the...
Trump Visits Beijing In a World Washington No Longer Controls
by Joseph Solis-Mullen | May 14, 2026 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
When President Donald Trump arrived in Beijing yesterday for his summit with Xi Jinping, much of the American foreign policy establishment framed the meeting through the familiar lens of “great power competition.” Analysts will scrutinize every handshake, communiqué,...
The Kyle Anzalone Show with Nick Cleveland-Stout Exposes Israel’s MASSIVE Campaign to Influence American Christians & Lawmakers
by Kyle Anzalone | May 13, 2026 | Blog, The Kyle Anzalone Show
Your phone buzzing with political ads the moment you step into a church parking lot sounds like satire, but the documents and contracts point to something very real. We sit down with Nick Cleveland-Stout of the Quincy Institute (and a writer at Drop Site News) to...
Almost All of Iran’s Missile Positions Near the Strait of Hormuz Are Still Available
by Kyle Anzalone | May 13, 2026 | News
The US Intelligence community estimates that Iran maintains nearly all its missiles used to control the Strait of Hormuz. President Donald Trump has claimed that the Iranian military is nearly defeated. Senior officials speaking with The New York Times are alarmed...
Report: Saudi Arabia Bombed Iranian-Linked Militias in Iraq
by Kyle Anzalone | May 13, 2026 | News
Saudi Arabia conducted airstrikes against Shiite militias with ties to Iran. According to Reuters, the Saudi attacks on Kataib Hezbollah occurred around April 7. Kuwait also launched rockets at Shiite militants in Iraq on at least two occasions. Iran responded to the...
Foreign Policy Payback: Russia Backs Iran Against United States
by Ted Galen Carpenter | May 13, 2026 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Washington and Moscow both enthusiastically celebrated the victory of the Allied “Grand Alliance” over the fascist powers at the end of World War II. Since then, however, the two capitals have typically been on opposite sides of numerous nasty geostrategic struggles...





















