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Updated January 21, 2021 - 9:54 PM EST
Biden Seeking Five-Year Extension of New START
Congress OKs Waiver for Biden SecDef Nominee
Iran's President: 'Ball in US Court' to Revive Deal
 
  New Intel Chief: 'We Are a Long Ways' From Returning to Iran Deal
  Tehran Slams US Arrest of Iranian Academic Under FARA
Biden Will Keep US Embassy in Jerusalem
 
  Israel Issues Tenders for Over 2,500 New Settler Homes
Biden Team Will 'Assess' US-Taliban Deal
 
  Afghan Aide Rules Out More Taliban Prisoner Releases
  18,000 Pentagon Contractors Remain in Afghanistan
Blinken: Biden To End US Support for Yemen War
Baghdad Twin Suicide Bombing Kills at Least 32
Beijing Calls for Better US-China Relations
Macron Wants Biden to Increase US Military Intervention
Libya Reaches Deal to Hold Constitutional Referendum
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item Beware the Troop-Withdrawal Bait and Switch  by José Niño
item The Boot Is Coming Down
Hard and Fast  by Caitlin Johnstone
item Does the First Amendment Restrain Big Tech?  by Andrew P. Napolitano
item Round Up the Usual Suspects;
Don't Forget Putin  by Ray McGovern
item A Better US Strategy for East Asia  by Daniel Larison

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Frontline
100 Civil Rights Groups Agree: We Don't Need New Domestic Terrorism Laws
Trump Slammed for Failing to Pardon Assange, Snowden
Pope Urges Nations to Join UN Treaty Banning Nukes
Philippines Sees 'Close and Friendly' Ties With Biden Administration
 
The War at Home
US Senate Approves Haines as Director of National Intelligence
Trump Administration Official Norquist Sworn in as Acting Pentagon Chief
US Defense Secretary Pick Pledges to Uphold Civilian Control of Military
Top Senate Democrat Backs Waiver for Biden Pentagon Nominee
Trump Pardons 73, Commutes Sentence for 70 Others: Full List
Three National Guardsmen Killed After Military Plane Crash in New York
Citing National Security, US Blocks Chinese Tech
The Defense Department Still Isn't Meeting Its F-35 Readiness Goals
Operation High Tide: Inside the Navy's Effort to Sting Sex-Trafficking Sailors in Bahrain
Army Preps for Key Tests of Seeker Capable of Attacking Maritime Targets
China/Taiwan
Alibaba Founder Jack Ma Appears for First Time Since Government Crackdown
Taipei Says Joe Biden Backs Taiwan as Blinken Warns China Invasion 'Grievous Mistake'
Chinese Telecom Firms Seek Review of NYSE Delisting Decision
China Labels Pompeo 'Doomsday Clown' Over Accusation of Uighurs Genocide
China Sanctions Pompeo and More Than Two Dozen US Figures
North Korea
Blinken Says US Will Review North Korea Policy, Consider Aid
North Korea Cracks Down on Foreign Media, Speaking Styles
Afghanistan
Six Afghan Policemen Wounded in Herat IED Blast
Three Afghan Soldiers Killed, Four Others Wounded in Herat Attack
Albanian Soldier Dies in Afghanistan Peacekeeping Mission
Afghan MPs Threaten to Bypass Govt, Approve Budget
Afghan Govt Silent About Filling Cabinet, High Level Posts
India/Kashmir
Indian Army Flies 75 Drones to Demonstrate Swarm Capabilities
Indian Govt Offers to Suspend Farm Reforms; Farmers May Call Off Protests
Militants Target Non-Kashmiri Settlers Amid Tensions Over New Land Laws
Asia
Officials: Roadside Bomb Wounds 11 Troops in SW Pakistan
Pakistan Appoints Former Military General as Saudi Envoy
Russia
Six Suspected Militants Killed in Russia's Chechnya
Russia to Ready Coastal Base for Underwater Nuclear Drones by 2022
Russia Says Militant Commander Linked to 2011 Moscow Airport Bombing Killed in Chechnya
Greece
Greek MPs Approve Extension of Territorial Waters in Ionian Sea
Greece Optimistic Over Talks With Turkey but Won't Discuss Sovereignty
Europe
EU Hails Biden's 'New Dawn' but Wants Tough Tech Rules
Action Needed to Protect Fragile Ceasefire in East Ukraine, New OSCE Head Says
 
Palestine/Israel
US Embassy Briefly Includes West Bank and Gaza in Twitter Handle, Sparking Storm
IDF to Hold Massive Exercise This Summer, Simulating Full-Scale, Multi-Front War
Congratulating Biden, Netanyahu Urges Him to Build on Peace Deals, Confront Iran
Filmmakers Denounce Israel Ban on Palestinian Documentary Jenin, Jenin, 18 Years After Release
Israeli Army Shell Strikes Gaza Home, Injures Palestinian Man
Israel Bulldozes Structures in Al-Arakib Village for the 182nd Time
At Israel's Request, Trump Pardons Israeli Handler of Spy Jonathan Pollard
Iraq
Iraq Daily Roundup: 10 Killed
No Further Delays to Elections 'As Long as I Live': Iraq's Sadr
Iraqi Militia Launches Hebrew Site 'To Counter Israeli Media'
Iraq Postpones Approving Compulsory Military Bill: MP
Yemen
Yemen Houthis Threaten Response After US 'Terrorist' Label
Hundreds Protest in Yemen Capital Against US Terrorist Label
Yemen Civilians Wounded and Killed in Frontline Hostilities: MSF
United Arab Emirates
Just Hours Before Biden's Inauguration, the UAE and US Come to a Deal on F-35 Sales
UAE Signs Papers to Buy 50 F-35 Jets and Up to 18 Drones, Sources
Trump Removes Tariffs on Aluminum From UAE Shortly Before Leaving Office
Middle East
Iran Welcomes Qatar Call to Engage in Diplomacy With Gulf States
Qatar Blockade Ends: Cairo to Normalize Relations With Doha
Syria Says Extinguishes Huge Fire Near Homs Refinery, No Casualties
Saudi Arabia Juvenile Offenders Still Await Execution Despite Ban on Death Penalty for Minors
Libya
Fire, Blast at Ammunition Warehouse in Western Libya Kills Three
43 Africans Drown Off Libya in First Mediterranean Shipwreck of 2021
Tunisia
Tunisians Rally to Demand Release of Detained Protesters
Tunisian Youth Vow to Continue Protests Amid Economic Woes
Africa
Mali Security Forces Disperse Rally Against French Army
Macron Rules Out Official Apology for Colonial Abuses in Algeria
Ethiopians Dying, Hungry and Fearful in War-Hit Tigray
Gunmen Attempt to Storm Governor's Home in Violence-Hit Darfur
Catholic Priest Missing in Jihadist-Hit Burkina Faso
Mexico
Mexico's President Singles Out Twitter Employee for Past Opposition Party Work
Mexico's President Repeats Claims US Govt Had No Proof in Case Against Ex-Minister
Americas
Cuba Says Trump Sanctions Cost It $20 Billion
UN Aid Coordinator Halts Venezuela Cash Transfer Programs
 
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1/20/2021
The Inconvenience of Democracy: Pre-emptive Coups

Doug Bandow
1/20/2021
As Joe Biden Takes Over, Washington Is in Desperate Need of a Little Foreign Policy Humility

Ramzy Baroud
1/19/2021
By 'Force and Fraud': Is This the End of the US Democracy Doctrine?

Maj. Danny Sjursen, USA (ret.)
1/19/2021
ISIS-Africa Alarmism: Brought to You Context-Free by Defense Analysts

Sheldon Richman
1/15/2021
A Defense of the Peaceful Transfer of War-Making Power

Ted Galen Carpenter
1/14/2021
Biden Needs To Embrace New Thinking on North Korea

Reese Erlich
1/09/2021
US Hypocrisy on Cuba Continues

David R. Henderson
12/11/2020
Chuck Yeager on War Crimes

Dave DeCamp
11/03/2020
Election Day: One Thing's for Sure, an Interventionist Will Win

Scott Horton
8/20/2020
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Lucy Steigerwald
5/15/2020
Jackson State and Forgotten History

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