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** Could Trump bomb Iran before settling on a rationale? ([link removed])
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By Paul R. Pillar on Feb 03, 2026 12:05 am
Featured Image Shifting justifications for a war are never a good sign, and they strongly suggest that the war in question was not warranted.
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** Trump's Greenland, Canada threats reflect angst over Russia shipping ([link removed])
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By Ian Proud on Feb 02, 2026 12:05 am
Featured Image Like it or not, Russia is the biggest polar bear in the arctic, which helps to explain President Trump’s moves on Greenland.
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** US-China symposium: Spheres of influence for me, not for thee? ([link removed])
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By Responsible Statecraft on Jan 30, 2026 12:05 am
Featured Image In the new National Security Strategy ([link removed]) and National Defense Strategy ([link removed]) , the Trump team charges that the Monroe Doctrine has been "ignored" by previous administrations and that the primary goal now is to reassert control over its economic and security interests in the Western Hemisphere.
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** Canada is not interested in White House boot licking. So what? ([link removed])
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By Zachary Paikin on Jan 30, 2026 12:05 am
Featured Image Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s widely praised speech ([link removed]) last week in Davos was most notable for its frankness in admitting the hypocrisy behind ([link removed]) Western support for a selectively enforced “rules-based international order.” But it also pulled no punches in calling out the coercive measures that great powers — including the United States — are increasingly employing to advance their interests.
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** Why Israeli counterterrorism tactics are showing up in Minnesota ([link removed])
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By Connor Echols on Jan 29, 2026 12:05 am
Featured Image In the past few weeks, thousands of federal law enforcement officials have descended on Minneapolis. Videos show ([link removed]) immigration officers jumping out of unmarked vans, tackling and pepper-spraying protesters, and breaking windows in order to drag people from their cars.
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** Trump's Iraq election threats could end up making Maliki more popular ([link removed])
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By Tanya Goudsouzian,Ibrahim Al-Marashi on Jan 29, 2026 12:05 am
Featured Image On 27 January, President Donald Trump took to his Truth Social ([link removed]) account to warn that, should Iraq’s former Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki return to office, “the United States of America will no longer help Iraq and, if we are not there to help, Iraq has ZERO chance of Success, Prosperity, or Freedom.”
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