national security

The Urgent Need to Uncrazy America

The US is weakening itself in every area of geopolitical strength. Thanks to the total inadequacy of the Trump administration,…

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Trump’s Answer for Every Screw Up Seems to Be a New Screw Up

Donald Trump has returned from China. Did his meeting with Xi Jinping actually accomplish anything on the global stage? America’s…

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Counting The Ways Trump’s China Trip Is Likely to Go Off The Rails

Donald Trump is in Beijing. As if tensions between the US and China haven’t already been rising for years, this…

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Trump Meets a King and Prepares for an Emperor

King Charles III delivered a welcoming yet pointed speech during his visit to the US on Monday. Donald Trump was…

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More Trump “Magic”: How He Made Many in the World Have Sympathy for Iran

Donald Trump is having a hard time in the Middle East. The US administration might think that they have control…

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After the Iran War, After Orbán, Could There Be Hope?

Donald Trump has run out of tricks in Iran. The war has not gone the way he had planned, nobody…

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Understanding Trump’s Iran Leadership Failures

Trump’s two-week ceasefire with Iran, reached Tuesday evening after his threats to destroy the entire country over the Strait of…

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Trump Press Sec Goes Full Cult as New Leaks on War Humiliate Him Badly

Officials are leaking to NBC News that Donald Trump gets updates on the Iran war in video compilations of successful strikes. One…

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Searching for an Offramp to a Reckless, Irresponsible War

Trump is looking for a way out of this war, right? It seems as though the President is starting to…

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Why is this Trump War Different From All Other Trump Wars?

If war truly is politics by other means, Donald Trump is failing miserably. His attacks against Iran have alienated our…

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The Post-Iran War Prognosis Is Deeply Unsettling

Trump’s war against Iran is shifting the geopolitical landscape in the Middle East – but how much has really changed…

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Preparing for the Horrific Unintended Consequences of the Iran War

In case you haven’t heard, Trump decided we need to go to war with Iran. What is the strategy here?…

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Trump Blurts Out Damning Iran Admission as MAGA Turns Harshly on Him

Speaking Tuesday about his war on Iran, Donald Trump got too candid. He declared that the worst-case scenario could involve people running…

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Trump Hit by Damning Leaks on Iran Decision as Polls Turn Brutal Fast

With Donald Trump’s war on Iran getting worse, a new report in The New York Times reveals damning details about the runup to the…

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Welcome to the New Nuclear Nightmare

Donald Trump has not “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear arms program as his administration would like you to believe, and now he…

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Trump Press Sec Goes Full Cult as Reviews of Davos Fiasco Turn Brutal

By now you’ve seen President Trump’s big speech at Davos. The slurring, the confusing of Greenland and Iceland, the nonsense about wind power, and the racist smearing of…

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Trump Tirades on Greenland Get So Dark that It Unnerves Medical Expert

Over the weekend, President Trump sent a deranged text to Norway’s prime minister linking his failure to win the Nobel Peace prize…

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Hegseth Defense in Total Collapse as Leaks on Strike Grow More Damning

Pete Hegseth’s defense of the killing of two men clinging to an incapacitated boat is falling apart on multiple fronts.…

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DSR Weekly Wrap-Up: Trump’s Dangerous Vision for the World

On the DSR Weekly Wrap-Up for December 5, we cover the administration’s newly released National Security Strategy, the Supreme Court…

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Iran and Trump: Triumph or Fiasco?

Donald Trump’s actions regarding Iran are raising important questions for America: how reliable is our intelligence? How is disinformation warping…

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