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A pathetic Starmer is a symptom of British decline, but he is not the disease
The president is caught between his desire to end the war and his desire to proclaim total victory
A plan made in Washington

The Last Best Hope, Part 2
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The Geopolitics of the Iran War
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Trump is rightly looking for an offramp over Iran
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First Principles and the Iran War
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Trump's Iran address ignores the supreme political risk question
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Our Iran War Matrix is looking good; the neocons less so
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Gaming out the Iran War
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The Last Best Hope, Part 1
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Can a Crab Save Cuba?
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The Political Ramifications of the Iran War
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The Iran War will be harder, and last longer, than you are being told
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Anatomy of a Disaster: From the Hot Hand Fallacy to the Sunk Costs Fallacy
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A death in Iran and a resignation in Washington
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The Perfect Game
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Hamlet, not MacBeth: Human frailty explains the Iran War fiasco
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A World Restored, Part 3
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The Energy Achilles Heel
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The axis of strategy
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The parameters for success or failure in Iran
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The contours of the Iran War become clear
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Echoes of Chaos: Iraq, Libya, Syria
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The Israeli tail that wags the American dog
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An exhausted Rubio finally reveals the real reason for the Iran War
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The Iran War from Donald Trump's Eyes
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Quick Take-The attack on Iran
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Why Iran isn't caving
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A World Restored, Part 2
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Why does Congress suck?
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A Death in Mexico
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What the Court's Tariff Decision Means
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Storm Clouds over Tehran
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Rubio signals the end of the party
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A World Restored, Part 1
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2026 - Checking our Calls
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Our first call of 2026 comes good: Takaichi wins big in Japan
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The genius of the US pivot to the Monroe Doctrine
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Getting nowhere fast in Ukraine
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The Horse Race that Begins Now
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Castro's Ghost: In Cuba, the Vultures are Circling
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The Latin American Opportunity
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Keir Starmer and the Curse of the Dodo Bird
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What is happening in Minnesota
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The Outsider's Oracle
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The Mystery of the Missing Chinese Generals (Part 2)
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To Dare More Boldly, Part 4
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What in the world is going on over Greenland?
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Takaichi makes her move
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