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America Has No Exit Strategy Because Iran Has No Incentive to Stop Fighting
Why Tehran may believe time and escalation strengthen its negotiating position.
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AI Has Entered The Kill Chain
Artificial intelligence is now defining targets on the battlefield
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Australia gutted its energy infrastructure chasing net zero — now we’re running on empty
After a decade chasing net zero, an energy superpower can barely fuel itself.
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How Britain’s Oil Crisis Led to the CIA-Backed Coup in Iran
The 1953 overthrow of Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh grew out of a struggle over control of Iranian oil that began half a century earlier.
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The First AI Infrastructure War
The race between American and China for AI dominance isn’t just about technology. It’s about infrastructure, energy, and military power—and the Middle…
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Bombing the Same Problem Twice
One year after Trump declared Iran’s nuclear program destroyed, Washington says the same threat now requires war.
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The Return of Regime Change — and the End of America First
How the Iran campaign signals a shift from restraint to structural intervention — and a foreign policy voters were never explicitly asked to approve
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