Mar 6, 2026
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In wars from Eastern Europe to the Greater Middle East, new technologies and tactics are transforming some battlefields, while in other theaters, warring states are leaning on failed ideas...
Mar 4, 2026
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Is the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran legal under international law? Did President Donald Trump fulfill his oath to the Constitution before hurling the country into another war in the Greater Middle East? And what about Iran's retaliation,...
Mar 3, 2026
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This is the third episode in an occasional series for the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
The idea of the frontier compelled Americans to seek new lands and independence...
Feb 28, 2026
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Editor's note: Shortly after this episode was published, news broke that Iran's Supreme Leader, the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in an air strike.
Americans awoke on Saturday to learn their leaders, along with Israel, launched another unprovoked air...
Feb 27, 2026
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Twenty-six years after coming to power, Vladimir Putin is prosecuting a ruinous war in Ukraine and tightening the screws of repression at home. How much longer can his rule...