National newsrooms have developed a dangerous blind spot at our own doorstep: the Panama Canal. While the legacy media remain utterly consumed by a predictable loop of domestic political theater and European updates, a major foreign policy shift is actively reshaping the Western Hemisphere, completely unremarked. Within its first six months in office, the Trump […]

In the realm of modern geopolitics, a secret is rarely exposed by accident. When granular details of classified American operations suddenly flood national headlines, it is almost always the result of a deliberate, calculated leak designed to serve as a weapon of psychological warfare. This is the exact playbook the Trump administration is currently deploying […]

To the casual observer of geopolitics, the security crisis in the Middle East looks like an exercise in passivity. Our wealthy Gulf “allies,” “neighbors,” and “friends” sit atop billions of dollars of advanced military hardware. Their hangars are filled with American F-15s, British Typhoons, and French Rafales. Yet, when confronted by a rapid offensive from […]

I ran the 400-meter in high school and college, so I know sprinting the first turn doesn’t win the race. Rep. Al Green (D-TX) never learned that. On Sept. 15, he forced his eighth privileged resolution to impeach President Donald Trump onto the House floor. The House tabled it 232 to 147, with 18 Democrats […]

KYIV, Ukraine — On a central Kyiv street, people hurry to afternoon meetings as their phones alert them to incoming drones. Seconds later, the heavy rattle of air-defense fire echoes above the buildings. Then a boom shakes the ground, and dark smoke comes up between high-rise rooftops. Daytime drone strikes and missile barrages are now […]

In an interview The Real Deal published on Sept. 16, Eric Trump said Trump Tower Tbilisi has “nothing to do with the influence of a government.” Nor, he added, with any influence of his father’s. The same week, he gave a very different interview, to a very different audience. On the evening of Sept. 20, […]

The U.N. General Assembly has opened its 81st session with the usual invocations of peace, cooperation, and shared human values. Unfortunately, the United Nations no longer embodies those ideals. As a believer in multilateralism, strong alliances, and a shared humanity that transcends nationality, it pains me to say it, but the U.N. should be dissolved. […]

For years, pundits and policymakers in Washington criticized the Kurds for their political divisions, particularly the long-standing division of the Peshmerga forces. Kurdish leaders were repeatedly told that a unified military structure was essential for building stronger institutions, strengthening the Kurdistan Region, and deepening the security partnership with the United States. Some of that criticism […]

A rule that only bites reporters whose coverage the president dislikes isn't a rule. It is retaliation, and the courts have said so for half a century.

The messy legal fight over Missouri’s congressional map reached the Supreme Court for a third time in as many weeks late Tuesday as the parties battle less than 50 days before November’s elections over whether the GOP can implement its new boundaries.  Twice before, the nation's high court has ruled against the GOP, forcing the state...