Ecuador says it will begin law enforcement operations against criminal activity in three regions with US support. Ecuador is a member of a US-led anti-cartel coalition in Latin America. Ecuadorian Interior Minister John Reimberg explained that the US was providing...
Why do so many Americans distrust The Washington Post? “Pro-Iran propaganda network gains traction with posts about Epstein” offers a tankerload of clues. Social media is overflowing with bogus claims and A.I. videos related to the Iran War. Prudent folks are already...
Though the dust from the devastating Tigray War of 2020–2022 has barely settled, the Horn of Africa once again appears to be drifting toward catastrophe. Recent developments suggest a growing risk of renewed conflict involving Ethiopia’s federal government, the Tigray...
“From the river to the sea,” is an expression that has become illegal in Australia. An insecure nation with government often desperate to placate foreign interests and those who keep the politicians rich. And, in 2026 any thing that has been determined as...
The US military confirmed that a P-8A Poseidon anti-submarine patrol aircraft transited the Taiwan Strait. China says it monitored the Navy’s plane. "By operating within the Taiwan Strait in accordance with international law, the United States upholds the...
The Pentagon is using an Artificial Intelligence system developed by Palantir to select targets in Iran. Some members of Congress are considering legislation to place restrictions and safeguards on the Department of War’s use of AI. Two Congressional sources speaking...
A preliminary investigation by the Department of War has concluded that a US missile struck a school in Iran in the opening salvo of the war. President Donald Trump has claimed that Iran acquired an American missile and fired it at an Iranian school. According to...
Dinosaur GenXers like me recall that after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the foreign policy set was busy asking how the United States would cash its forthcoming "peace dividend," whether NATO would fold up shop having achieved its ostensible purpose, and maybe whether...
Political movements often begin as revolts against entrenched power, only to be absorbed by the very institutions they sought to challenge. The pattern is familiar in American political history. Grassroots insurgencies ignite public enthusiasm, mobilize voters around...
A war launched with shifting reasons and sliding timelines is a warning sign, not a strategy. We sit down with former Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski to examine how the U.S.–Iran confrontation veered from consent to chaos in days: bungled evacuations, brittle base...
