America Is Preparing for the Wrong Kind of Crisis; The Unintended Consequences of the U.S.-Israeli Assault; How Trump Misread Europe
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At a port in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, March 2026 

The Real Threat to Taiwan

America Is Preparing for the Wrong Kind of Crisis

By Eyck Freymann

 

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At an antiwar rally, Tehran, Iran, April 2026 

How the War Saved the Iranian Regime

The Unintended Consequences of the U.S.-Israeli Assault

By Danny Citrinowicz

 
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and U.S. Vice President JD Vance in Budapest, April 2026 

The Transatlantic MAGA Fantasy

How Trump Misread Europe

By Liana Fix and Michael Kimmage

 

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Smoke rising amid the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, Manama, Bahrain, March 2026 

The Gulf Goes Backward

How the Iran War Is Returning the Region to a More Insular, Conflict-Prone Era

By Amr Hamzawy

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