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This Week in Canada: War Fires Up Carney’s Allegiance to America
No more pivot toward China, at least for now; after eight years in the waiting room, the doctor will see me now; and more.
Rupa Subramanya
Will the Iran War Turn Trump’s Base Against Him?
Much of the MAGA movement sees the strikes as a betrayal, but GOP voters and lawmakers are standing with Trump while the war is going well.
Daniel McCarthy
The Posthumous Makeover of Ali Khamenei
While Iranians danced in the streets, major Western outlets dressed up Ayatollah Khamenei as a statesman instead of what he was: the architect of…
Maya Sulkin
The Iranian Regime Is Betting on American Casualties
This time the Islamic Republic is playing for all the marbles.
Aaron MacLean
John Bolton: If There Ever Were a Moment to Topple Iran, This Is It
The president’s former national security adviser says that Iran ‘needs to start coming apart at the top,’ and then it will likely fall.
Tanner Nau
Donald Trump’s Iran Trap
The U.S. president and Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, are on a collision course.
Michael Doran
What Went Wrong with the American Man?
The war on terror ended without victory. In its wake, a new archetype emerged: the aggrieved man convinced he has been betrayed.
Jacob Siegel
Will China’s Latest Purge Come for Xi Jinping?
The mysterious exit of top Chinese military officials raises the question of whether Xi is consolidating power or quickly losing it.
Frannie Block and Tanner Nau
Two Drinks with . . . the Last Great Military Strategist
Edward Luttwak has worked with everyone from the Pentagon to the Israel Defense Forces. Over Campari and sodas, he mused on Venezuela, the wisdom of…
Eli Lake
‘I Was Detained Simply for Being an American’
U.S. Marine and former Venezuelan prisoner Matthew Heath describes what Maduro’s regime did to him.
Tanya Lukyanova
What Will Happen Next in Venezuela? We Asked David Petraeus.
The famed former Army general and CIA director says the best way to avoid U.S. boots on the ground is by working with what’s left of Maduro’s regime.
Will Rahn
How Trump’s Boat Strikes Could Lead to Full-Scale War
If you threaten to topple a dictator, you better not be bluffing.
Charles Lane
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