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Cross-regional, system-level stories that span multiple theaters, alliances, and strategic domains.
702 Dispatches
Has Israel Bitten Off More Than It Can Chew? The Strain of a Seven-Front War
Israel's near-continuous war across seven fronts is exposing manpower shortages, interceptor depletion, and a coalition collapse over the draft and settler violence.
Israel's Strike on Iran: Operation Days of Repentance and the Widening Middle East War
How Israel's October 2024 strike on Iran was engineered to punish without escalating, while the grinding war in Lebanon pushed the region toward a wider conflict.
Israel's Strike on Iran: Operation Days of Repentance and the War Across the Middle East
How Israel's October 2024 retaliatory strike on Iran was calibrated to punish without escalating, and how the war in Lebanon kept grinding on.
Could JNIM Build a Caliphate in West Africa? Inside the Sahel's Most Formidable Jihadist Group
JNIM is the Sahel's dominant jihadist group, controlling more territory than ever. We examine whether it could declare a caliphate in West Africa.
Could JNIM Build a Caliphate in West Africa? Inside the Sahel's Most Formidable Jihadist Group
An analysis of whether Al-Qaeda affiliate JNIM could declare a caliphate in West Africa, and the money, manpower, and rivals that decide its fate.
Joe Biden's Foreign Policy Legacy: The Tarnished Record of America's 46th President
A region-by-region assessment of Joe Biden's foreign policy, from the Afghanistan withdrawal and Ukraine to the Middle East, China, Haiti, and Africa.
Juno Beach: How Canada Stormed the Shores of Normandy on D-Day
The often-overlooked Canadian assault on Juno Beach on 6 June 1944, from the Dalton brothers and a lone gunman at Courseulles to the bloody fight for Bernières.
How Kazakhstan Is Hedging Against a Russian Invasion
Sharing the world's longest border with Russia and lacking a nuclear umbrella, Kazakhstan is using a multi-vector foreign policy to keep the bear at bay.
Killswitch Disengage: Why America's Allies Are Abandoning U.S. Weapons
Why Canada, Europe, and East Asian allies are walking away from American weapons—from F-35 kill-switch fears to a collapse of trust in Washington.
The Korean War: The Proxy War That Nearly Sparked World War III
How the 1950–1953 Korean War almost became the world's first nuclear war, from Kim Il-Sung's invasion to MacArthur's atomic gamble and Truman's refusal.
The Korean War: The Proxy War That Nearly Sparked World War III
How the 1950 invasion of South Korea became the Cold War's first proxy war and how close General MacArthur came to triggering a nuclear conflict.
The Korean War: The Proxy Conflict That Nearly Sparked World War III
How the 1950 invasion of South Korea became a Cold War flashpoint, and how MacArthur's nuclear plan nearly turned the Forgotten War into the world's first atomic war.