Trump Delays Meeting with China’s Xi

A planned meeting between President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will be delayed by “five or six weeks,” the US leader said. His trip to China’s capital was set to occur later this month, but was called off amid ongoing hostilities with Iran....

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Matthew Hoh asks Why This War?

An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war. ~ Montesquieu I get asked a lot to explain who or what drives American foreign policy. In the last few years, this question has very often centered around the US-Israeli relationship. The following is adapted...

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The Iran War’s Terrible Effects

The Iran war is a regional war in a way that previous reckless U.S. interventions were not, and it is having global effects. The Iran war is already wider and more damaging to international peace and security in its first three weeks than the Iraq war was in its early...

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John Mearsheimer on Gallipoli II

Reprinted from John's Substack:  On 15 March 2026, I was on “Switzerland” to talk about the war in Iran with Tom Switzer. It is becoming increasingly apparent that President Trump is desperate because he understands that the US and Israel have no viable strategy for...

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War Prayer in the White House

Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. I wasn’t aware that evangelical leaders came to the White House to pray over Trump until I saw this article by Matt Bivens. Here’s a short video clip shared by the White House: I’ve been in oval churches,...

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