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Is This The End Of MBS (And Saudi Arabia)?

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s reign over Saudi Arabia was initially pitched to the world as a masterclass in modernizing statecraft and sovereign pragmatism
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Trump-Xi Summit: Managed Rivalry, Unresolved Contest

The concluded Trump-Xi summit is fundamentally different from the last meet taking place in China during President Trump’s first term, or even during the most recent face-to-face encounter last October in Busan
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How Massive US Footprint In The Gulf Became A Bullseye Overnight

For decades, U.S. policy toward the Middle East has revolved around a simple premise: the forward deployment of U.S. military power would deter adversaries — chiefly Iran — and, if necessary, defend host states from attack
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Steel On The Seas: Why Trump’s Golden Fleet Is The New Peacekeeper

The unveiling of the USS Defiant Trump Class battleship plan during the Golden Fleet announcement at Mar-a-Lago last December 2025, marked a new pivotal shift in power parity for the world, and in empowering the naval power gap for Washington
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Will NATO Survive Trump?

Over the weekend, President Donald Trump threatened to place new punitive tariffs on European allies until they acquiesce to his designs on Greenland, an escalation of his ongoing attempts to acquire the large Arctic island for the United States
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U.S. National Security Strategy Keeps Allies In And China Out

The new U.S. National Security Strategy (NSS) marks a decisive and strategic revival of “America First 2.0,” representing a more refined, sharper and far more ideologically laden shift with practical impact and stronger assurances to the U.S. as compared to Biden's 2022 version
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Lockheed, N. Grumman Profit Off Delayed, Over-Budget Contracts

A new report finds that U.S. arms contractors’ revenues are surging, even as their programs are late and over budget, undermining military planning and drawing funds and resources away from other government priorities
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Takaichi 101: How To Torpedo Relations With China In A month

On November 7, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi stated that a Chinese attack on Taiwan could undoubtedly be “a situation that threatens Japan’s survival,” thereby implying that Tokyo could respond by dispatching Self-Defense Forces
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The Top US Military Contractors Cashing In On Caribbean Operations

As fears mount that U.S. strikes against so-called “narco-terrorists” in the Caribbean could escalate into full-scale war with Venezuela, weapons makers are well positioned to benefit from the unprecedented U.S. military build-up in the region, not seen on such a scale in decades, and continues unabated
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‘America First’ Meets ‘ASEAN Way’ In Kuala Lumpur

The 2025 ASEAN and East Asia Summits in Kuala Lumpur beginning today are set to be consequential multilateral gatherings — defining not only ASEAN’s internal cohesion but also the shape of U.S.–China relations in the Indo-Pacific
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Will Trump Really Attack Venezuela?

It’s ironic that in the same week that President Donald Trump escalated the drug war in the Caribbean by unleashing the CIA against Nicolás Maduro’s regime in Venezuela, the Department of Justice won an indictment against former National Security Adviser John Bolton, the architect of the failed covert strategy to overthrow Maduro during the first Trump administration
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