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He took Qatar’s money, now Kash Patel handling their FBI files?

By Nick Cleveland-Stout on Jun 03, 2025 05:59 am
Featured Image FBI Director Kash Patel promised that he wouldn’t touch any work related to the country of Qatar — until very recently, a lucrative client of his. Now, only a few months into the job, he’s had a change of heart and is already handling official FBI business related to the Gulf country.
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Fresh Ukraine, Russia demands show no interest for actual peace

By Anatol Lieven on Jun 03, 2025 12:05 am
Featured Image The memos presented by Ukraine and Russia at their direct talks in Istanbul on Monday make it absolutely clear that, absent a strong U.S. intervention based on a detailed U.S. peace plan, there will be no peace settlement in Ukraine.
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Coup and impeachment boost  liberal in South Korea election

By James Park on Jun 02, 2025 01:03 pm
Featured Image South Koreans will be heading to voting stations on Tuesday to elect their next president in the wake of Yoon Suk-yeol’s impeachment and removal from office in April.
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Cutting commands is just the start for broken military system

By Donald Vandergriff on Jun 02, 2025 12:05 am
Featured Image On April 30, new Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Stuart Scheller, a former Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel, announced his intent to push for military reform, echoing the frustrations that led to his 2021 court-martial for publicly criticizing the Afghanistan withdrawal.
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Hegseth: The US will remain an Indo-Pacific power

By Sarang Shidore on Jun 02, 2025 12:05 am
Featured Image U.S. Secretary of defense Pete Hegseth's speech at this year’s Shangri La Dialogue, the biggest defense meeting in Asia, demonstrated major continuities in U.S. security policy in the Indo-Pacific, but also some significant shifts.
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Why Trump must not walk away from Ukraine War talks

By George Beebe on May 30, 2025 12:05 am
Featured Image This article is co-published with The American Conservative
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