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OPINION — In the private sector, we analyze competitors to understand where they excel, so we can improve our approach. With this same mindset, I reviewed how 15 adversarial groups utilize media to communicate locally and internationally. The headline is that the groups, ranging from Al-Shabaab to ISIS-K to Hezbollah,Continue Reading

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Just a few weeks ago, Pakistan, the host for fragile ceasefire talks aiming to end the war between the U.S. and Iran, was at war with Afghanistan in what has been described as the worst conflict between the two countries in years. A ceasefire between Pakistan and Afghanistan that wasContinue Reading

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Restrainers in the West have found themselves homeless. President Traitor 47’s catastrophic decision to launch a war against Iran has displaced the non-interventionist voices on the American right. In Europe, meanwhile, the bland Atlanticist centrism and, worse, the aggressive moralism represented by the German Greens, has accentuated the perceptions of hypocrisy and double standards: determinedContinue Reading

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Republicans are at it again, and it’s hard to overstate how chilling this is and what it tells you about the direction people in this party want to take America. Texas Rep. Chip Roy is preparing to introduce legislation he’s calling the “MAMDANI Act,” named after Zohran Mamdani, the recently electedContinue Reading

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Hundreds of firefighters are trying to contain fires at Russia’s Tuapse oil refinery., Fires ignited by Ukrainian drones rage at Russian oil refinery NewsFeed Hundreds of firefighters are trying to contain fires at Russia’s Tuapse oil refinery, days after it was hit by a Ukrainian drone attack. Al Jazeera’s YuliaContinue Reading

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commentary The HHS secretary’s congressional testimony underscores that the nation is unprepared for disease outbreaks Published April 22, 2026 9:00AM (EDT) Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has declined responsibility for the nation’s worst measles outbreak in decades (Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images) In the first threeContinue Reading