If the bombardments fail, Trump has a ready-made plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz

Former senior military officers and a national-security scholar are confident that the United States has the military capacity to restore freedom of navigation through the strait. But it would be e…

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A Tragic Paradox: Trump’s Withdrawal from the Nuclear Deal in 2018 Put the US on a Path That Led to War with Iran

The termination of the nuclear agreement was supposed to curb Iran’s nuclear program. Eight years later, after massive bombardments, the country is closer than ever to becoming a nuclear weapons po…

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Americans Have Never Forgotten the Hostage Crisis of 1979. It Forms the Backdrop to the War Against Iran

Trump justifies the invasion by citing decades of hostility, but most accusations against Iran regarding terrorist attacks and the killing of American soldiers rest on questionable grounds, accordi…

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Artificial intelligence makes its debut in the Iran war. That raises fundamental ethical questions

The Pentagon is enthusiastic. AI systems identify targets in large numbers, at dizzying speed, and their precision is said to be indisputable. But what happens when AI falls into the wrong hands? M…

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Under Trump the United States has become a “predatory hegemon” which assassinates heads of state in other countries

Commentator and Harvard professor Stephen Walt sharply criticized Trump’s foreign policy in a recent article. Information spoke with him about Iran, Israel, Europe, and Trump’s breaches of internat…

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Supreme Court Ruling Weakens Trump’s Ability to Pressure Other Countries With Tariff Threats

In a sensational decision, a majority of the Court strips Trump of his self-declared authority to use a 1977 emergency trade law to arbitrarily impose tariffs on other countries. By Martin Burchart…

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Epstein’s network was not unique. What was shocking was the silence about his crimes

The financier’s circle was merely one solar system in a galaxy of social networks that business leaders, bankers, and academics move within and exploit to gain influence and pecuniary advantages. B…

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A handshake between Putin and Trump could save a cornerstone of nuclear-age arms control

Thursday is the day a treaty capping the nuclear strike forces of the Uited States and Russia expires. Putin wants to extend it informally by one year. Trump has not yet stated his position. The wo…

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A defeat in the tariff case in the Supreme Court will not change Trump’s use of punitive tariffs against Denmark

A ruling in the case concerning Trump’s tariffs from April 2025 may be handed down on Wednesday, while he is visiting Davos. The outcome is unlikely to make him change course, predicts an American …

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American diplomats see an opening in Trump’s Greenland policy

Former Deputy Secretary of State and NATO Ambassador Nicholas Burns expresses relief over the amicable meeting in which a working group was established By: Martin Burcharth, U.S. correspondent, Bos…

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It will not be easy to seize Greenland militarily. ‘It would trigger a national crisis’

A former deputy assistant secretary of defense and an Arctic expert with contacts in the White House outline here why the U.S. president may find it extraordinarily difficult to repeat his success …

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The Manhunt for America’s Migrants: Immigration Police Snatch Men off the Street. Mothers Are Left in Desperate Circumstances

During the Covid pandemic, immigrants working for the common good were hailed as heroes. In Trump’s America they are hunted like game by a paramilitary force. Information has met some of the victim…

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On No Kings Day, resistance grows to a president who aspires to be an absolute monarch

Trump and his party mock millions of Americans who protest his policies. He doesn’t listen. But step by step, more and more people dare to risk everything and speak out against the president This a…

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In the Midst of Trump’s Attacks, Harvard and a Judge Rally Around International Students

A constant barrage from Trump has strengthened solidarity at Harvard, and the cancellation of international students’ visas has pushed tensions to the breaking point By Martin Burcharth, US corresp…

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Resistance to Trump Can Learn Something from the Struggle of African Americans for Their Rights

In a new book, law professor Gloria Browne-Marshall tells the story of the many protest movements that have pressured lawmakers and courts to recognize the rights of minorities. According to her, t…

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