Your experience matters. Whether you have served in combat, supported missions from home, or navigated the transition to civilian life, your perspective can help inform how Americans think about war, peace, and the use of military force. The Veterans Essay Contest invites veterans and active-duty service members to contribute their voices to these critical conversations. … Read more
When Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived at the G-7 summit in Evian, France, last week, he was ready with his latest set of military and economic requests. Near the top of his list was a new item: a license to produce Patriot anti-ballistic missile interceptors inside Ukraine. Ukraine’s deficit of air defenses is, at this … Read more
The Trump administration has spent the last several days blasting away at bipartisan critics in Congress and from the usually friendly rightwing media sphere after the president signed a deal last week with Iran to stop the fighting and move toward more comprehensive negotiations. Things appear poised to get a lot worse as the pressure … Read more
For the past year, the Trump administration has undertaken a lethal campaign of strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific, killing at least 200 people. It could soon gain a major new ally in this fight in Colombia, where the leading candidate in Sunday’s presidential elections has promised to break with … Read more
Assume, for the sake of argument, that you think the U.S.-Iran Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) just signed by President Donald Trump in Versailles is a disaster for both the United States and especially for Israel. Who would you want to be in the forefront of the campaign to persuade American public opinion that it should … Read more
I have spent years fighting against Trump’s push toward war with Iran, and I have the scars to prove it. When Trump withdrew from the JCPOA in 2018, I warned that it would eventually bring us to this moment. Ever since, I have consistently argued against the confrontational path he set the United States on. … Read more
In a flurry of diplomatic activity over the last days, Iran and the U.S. appear at last to have reached an initial agreement to wind down hostilities and open the Strait of Hormuz to seaborne traffic. The agreement is due to be signed in a formal ceremony Friday in Switzerland, but the immediate impact of … Read more
Albania, a small Balkan nation on the Adriatic coast, seldom makes headlines. But protesters waving pink flamingo cutouts on an Albanian island the Trump family wants to turn into a resort, have recently attracted international media attention. The dispute, which largely focuses on the threat the resort would pose to local wildlife, reveals more than … Read more
John Bolton is expected to plead guilty to a single count of retaining classified information as part of a plea deal with the Justice Department, which charged him in October 2025 with 18 counts of mishandling sensitive information. According to the charges, the former National Security Advisor shared diary notes from his time in the … Read more
Given the uneven course of the Russian economy during the first five months of 2026, Russian authorities, especially President Vladimir Putin, were keen to minimize the impacts of any possible stagnation at the 29th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. When asked by a reporter about Russia’s stagnating economy, Putin avoided a detailed response and paraphrased … Read more