Alright, you caught me red handed! I missed last week's email. I did, however, spend a solid hour, hour and a half, writing an article about how the film The Prince of Egypt framed 90s kids' first impressions of Israel. But I very quickly realized the topic was too...
The headlines move fast, but the stakes underneath them move faster. When political leaders say the Strait of Hormuz is “open” and diplomacy is “wrapping up,” we slow the tape and ask the only question that matters: who actually has leverage right now, and what price...
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that Iran has humiliated the US during the negotiating process. The US and Iran have held a round of talks and exchanged messages through Pakistan, but have been unable to reach an agreement. "The Iranians are obviously very...
Iran sent a proposal to the US that would bring the war to an end and allow ships to transit the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian officials sent the new proposal to the US via Pakistan. Tehran’s deal includes the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for Washington...
The Department of War is preparing the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carriers for deployment. The US currently has three aircraft carrier strike groups operating in the Middle East. On Friday, the Pentagon reported that the...
War is content, at least for those who are far from the explosions, acrid smoke and mourning parents. To those closer to the destruction and loss, it’s very real and inescapable. For most of us, the privileged, we peer into it whenever we dare, or should it come...
Economic sanctions have become the defining coercive instrument of American foreign policy. Currently, roughly 27% of the world's countries are under sanctions imposed by the United States, the European Union, or the United Nations—up from just 4% in the early 1960s....
On April 18, the evil spy company Palantir made a Twitter post—apparently based on a 2025 book by founder Alex Karp—about their philosophy that the government needs to transform into a "technological Republic." To channel Marge Simpson, I don't think our government...
A ceasefire can be the start of peace, or it can be the quiet moment when both sides reload. That’s the question driving my return conversation with Professor Glenn Diesen as we dissect the US-Iran negotiations, the sudden focus on a short extension, and the strategic...
President Donald Trump said that he was cutting engagement in the Pakistani-hosted talks with Iran. “If they want to talk, they can come to us, or they can call us. You know, there is a telephone. We have nice, secure lines,” the President told Fox News on Sunday....
