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Iranian and Venezuelan émigré networks helped sell U.S. intervention. Then Trump cut them out.

The Exiles Who Sold Trump’s Wars

by María Isabel Puerta Riera and Kourosh Ziabari June 17, 2026June 16, 2026

Return To Sender: Ukraine’s growing long-range strike capacity has pushed the war’s impacts deeper into Russia this spring. Here, debris dangles from a damaged apartment building after a Ukrainian drone attack in Moscow on May 4, 2026.

Could the Tide Be Turning in Ukraine?

by Tamar Jacoby June 1, 2026June 1, 2026

Strategic Swagger: After years of warning that the Europe needs “strategic autonomy,” French President Emmanuel Macron has won the argument abroad—and lost his public at home. Here, Macron during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 20, 2026.

The French Rejection

by Gillen Tener Martin May 26, 2026May 27, 2026

Former Secretary of Defense and Director of the CIA Leon Panetta.

Panetta: Iran War a ‘Terrible Mistake’ and Hegseth Is a ‘Disaster’

by Jonathan Alter May 19, 2026May 19, 2026

Hondurasgate: Juan Orlando Hernández.

Hondurasgate Looks Worse than Watergate and Iran-Contra Combined

by Bill Scher May 12, 2026May 12, 2026

Holy War: Pete Hegseth and Mark Twain.

What Mark Twain Could Teach Pete Hegseth About Holy War

by Markos Kounalakis May 11, 2026May 7, 2026

Ukraine Is Europe: Ukrainians’ hunger to join the European Union dates back to the “Euromaidan” demonstrations, which began in 2013. Here, A pro-EU Euromaidan activist stands on top of a barricade in Independence Square, Kyiv, Ukraine, December 2013.

Trump Leaves Ukraine’s Future to Europe

by Tamar Jacoby May 7, 2026May 7, 2026

Is the Taxpayer Bailing out Donald Trump’s Personal Fortune?

by Mike Lofgren April 26, 2026April 26, 2026

Open Season: The assassination of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the outset of the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran sets a dangerous precedent. Here, A poster of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and an anti-U.S. placard are carried in Tehran, Iran, April 1, 2026.

Law and Justice

Amid War in Mideast, Lingering Questions Over Killing Iran’s Leader

by James D. Zirin April 23, 2026April 23, 2026

After The Fall: Repression, cynicism, and fear have extinguished post-Soviet hopes for democratic reform. Here, pro-democracy demonstrators file across Moscow’s Crimean Bridge, February 23, 1990.

Books

The Price of a Lost Russia: A Correspondent’s Eulogy

by Markos Kounalakis April 22, 2026April 21, 2026