The president likes to joke about how his high-seas hustles have Blackbeard swagger, but they bear all the hallmarks of a wheezing empire.

As the U.S. and Israel push the region into deeper crisis, the possibility of massive displacement—and the authoritarian backlash that comes with it—is on the rise.

The president might resume military strikes or maintain a blockade for months—or do both.

An otherwise destructive war against multilateralism yields a single good result.

At first, Poles embraced the Ukrainian refugees fleeing Russia’s war. Feelings have since cooled dramatically. What went wrong?

Almost nine weeks in, let’s remind ourselves: Trump strengthened Iran and then came back and told us Iran was too strong!

The president is desperate for a deal. But the war he launched with Israel has only served to empower those who are quick to call his bluff.

Anthropic’s large language model says it doesn’t like having helped the U.S. military select targets in Iran. It also can’t keep them straight.

The Iran war has not turned out the way they promised, and they’re suffering major political blowback as a result.

Senator Elizabeth Warren has requested an insider-trading probe of the defense secretary.

On Earth One, no—it’s Iran’s money, after all. But on MAGA Earth, if Biden or Obama had done it …

His dear buddy Viktor Orbán got crushed at the polls. And even Nigel Farage wants nothing to do with him. The upshot: This helps the domestic opposition.

For Viktor Orbán’s epic loss in Hungary to have real meaning in America, Democrats and liberals need to proclaim themselves part of the global anti-authoritarian movement.

The life of FIFA’s founder shows that global soccer’s governing organization’s willingness to embrace brutal regimes was baked in from the start.

With both sides of the conflict talking about charging to use the Strait of Hormuz, it’s time to regret not signing the Law of the Sea treaty.

Pardons, promotions, and dismissals under Trump and Hegseth all say one thing: They don’t want to be bound by any rules of engagement of any kind.

That lengthy New York Times ticktock about the run-up to the war was interesting—but it also just gave the above troika a chance to walk away from a responsibility they totally share.

So Iran came to the table because Trump threatened to blow up their civilization, eh? Sorry, that spin is in tatters.

Desperate for an off-ramp, the president is setting up the U.S. to lose another war in the Middle East—even if the ceasefire doesn’t hold.

The president is on the verge of courting the severest possible legal punishments for himself and his enablers.