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How Trump's 50-day deadline threat against Putin will backfire

By Jennifer Kavanagh on Jul 15, 2025 12:05 am
Featured Image In the first six months of his second term, President Donald Trump has demonstrated his love for three things: deals, tariffs, and ultimatums.
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Why new CENTCOM chief Brad Cooper is as wrong as the old one

By A.J. Manuzzi on Jul 15, 2025 12:05 am
Featured Image If accounts of President Donald Trump’s decision to strike Iranian nuclear facilities this past month are to be believed, the president’s initial impulse to stay out of the Israel-Iran conflict failed to survive the prodding of hawkish advisers, chiefly U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) chief Michael Kurilla.
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Russia sanctions & new weapons, is Trump stuck in Groundhog Day?

By Ian Proud on Jul 14, 2025 08:58 am
Featured Image President Trump finds himself in a rerun of his first term on Ukraine policy. Declawed by lawmakers in D.C. and forced to push policies that worsen the U.S. relationship with Russia.
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Blob exploiting Trump's anger with Putin, risking return to Biden's war

By Eldar Mamedov on Jul 11, 2025 02:46 pm
Featured Image Donald Trump’s recent outburst against Vladimir Putin — accusing the Russian leader of "throwing a pile of bullsh*t at us" and threatening devastating new sanctions — might be just another Trumpian tantrum.
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The 8-point buzzsaw facing any invasion of Taiwan

By Dan Grazier on Jul 11, 2025 12:05 am
Featured Image For the better part of a decade, China has served as the “pacing threat” around which American military planners craft defense policy and, most importantly, budget decisions.
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The Pentagon spent $4 trillion over 5 years. Contractors got 54% of it.

By William Hartung on Jul 10, 2025 12:05 am
Featured Image Advocates of ever-higher Pentagon spending frequently argue that we must throw more money at the department to “support the troops.” But recent budget proposals and a new research paper issued by the Quincy Institute and the Costs of War Project at Brown University suggest otherwise.

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