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The Trump administration’s miscalculation of Iran is not an anomaly. One of the oldest and most lethal traditions in international politics is the catastrophic gap between what leaders believe going in and what war actually delivers.

The future of protesting in the US may have been decided in a cramped courtroom in Fort Worth, Texas, last week. An appeal is coming, but the conviction of several protesters on charges of providing “material support” for terrorism is a chilling sign

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My friend was clear: the prevailing sensibility in the country was that the Cubans would fight to the very end to defend their right to a future and their refusal to return to 1958, the year before the Revolution.

The US attack on Iran may be less about American security than about the priorities of Israel’s government.

Inside the battle to shape AI: Trump, Big Tech and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The core of Trump’s being is his lack of empathy. He seems destined to forever be the privileged son of a rich man and one who grew up in 23-room house with a chauffeur and a cook and possessing a Cadillac.

Why has the Middle East been so consistently wracked by war? Gilbert Achcar explains how oil, US power, and regional rivalries have shaped decades of conflict in the Middle East — and why the confrontation with Iran fits a long imperial pattern.