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Jun 3 · 3 min read ·Geopolitics

Trump Is Mad at Bibi

Trump screamed at Netanyahu, called him "fucking crazy," and pulled the plug on Israel's Beirut strike.

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Jun 2 · 2 min read ·Geopolitics

El Al Returns to SF

After 6.5 years, El Al's Tel Aviv-San Francisco route is back -- as flight LY49.

Jun 1 · 2 min read ·Geopolitics

Israel Pushes Deeper Into Lebanon

It's the deepest IDF incursion in 26 years.

May 29 · 3 min read ·Geopolitics

A Tentative Iran Deal

Trump's 14-point MOU ends the war and freezes Iran's nukes for 12+ years. Breakthrough or JCPOA 2.0?

May 27 · 2 min read ·Geopolitics

Give Up on Disarming North Korea?

North Korea fired again this week. The real fight isn't the missile -- it's whether to finally accept the bomb.

May 27 · 3 min read ·Geopolitics

Hajj Begins

1,300 pilgrims died in 2024's Hajj heat. It began again this week near 47C.

May 27 · 2 min read ·Geopolitics

Iran's Victory Lap

Iran's new supreme leader says the American era is over. Earned victory, real danger, or hollow bravado?

May 26 · 3 min read ·Geopolitics

Bombing During the Truce

The US hit Iran's coast while Trump said peace talks were "proceeding nicely."

May 22 · 3 min read ·Geopolitics

Why Indict Raul Castro Now?

The US charged 94-year-old Raul Castro over a 1996 shoot-down. Justice, political theater, or leverage on Havana?

May 21 · 3 min read ·Geopolitics

Trump's Greenland Charm Offensive

After a year of tariffs and threats, Trump is courting Greenland with deals. Statecraft, coercion, or leverage?

May 21 · 3 min read ·Geopolitics

China's Tankers Slip Out of Hormuz

Trapped for two months, Chinese supertankers finally escaped. Is Beijing backing away from Iran, or just its cargo?

May 20 · 3 min read ·Geopolitics

The ICC Comes for Smotrich

ICC prosecutors applied for a warrant over forced displacement.

May 20 · 3 min read ·Geopolitics

A Drone Strike at Barakah

A drone set a generator on fire at the UAE's only nuclear plant. No one claimed it. The UAE blames Iran.

May 20 · 3 min read ·Geopolitics

Putin Follows Trump to Beijing

Putin came to Beijing days after Trump left. The fight is over whether China is Russia's partner or its landlord.

May 20 · 3 min read ·Geopolitics

Trump's Face on India's Rickshaws

Those Trump rickshaws aren't grassroots gratitude -- they're a US Embassy ad. The fight is what it means.

May 20 · 3 min read ·Geopolitics

An Hour From Bombing Iran?

Trump says he was an hour from striking Iran before Gulf states talked him down -- his fifth deadline to slide.

May 15 · 4 min read ·Geopolitics

Cuba Goes Dark

Cuba's energy minister says there's no diesel or fuel oil left. 22-hour blackouts.

May 15 · 3 min read ·Geopolitics

Xi Goes Hard On Taiwan

Xi told Trump that mishandling Taiwan would push the US and China into 'conflict.' The arms sale is paused.

May 13 · 5 min read ·Geopolitics

Trump Goes To China

First state visit since 2017, a CEO entourage, and a $1 trillion Chinese investment deal on the table. MAGA is nervous.

May 13 · 4 min read ·Geopolitics

Venezuela: The 51st State?

Trump told Fox he's 'seriously considering' annexing Venezuela. The Constitution and the country both say no.