Middle East SecState Blinken met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman yesterday to pitch part of a complex multi-layered deal that seems like a long shot.An Economist article pasted below summ …

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Coming Up This Week U.S. SecState Blinken landed in the Middle East yesterday for a five-day trip to Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Qatar, Israel, and the West Bank. His agenda is complicated: he hopes to prom …

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RussiaCIA Director Burns published an essay in Foreign Affairs (pasted below) that included an excellent analysis of Pres. Putin's current standing in Russia.Burns, who worked in and on Russia for muc …

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Iran Preliminary findings suggest the drone that killed three U.S. troops in eastern Jordan on Sunday was able to penetrate U.S. air defenses because it approached at the same time as a friendly dron …

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Coming Up This Week Friday Feb. 2 is Groundhog Day in the U.S. Mali was supposed to vote for a new president on Sunday, Feb. 4, but the junta "slightly postponed" the poll back in September, citing " …

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Iran Pakistan retaliated against Iran's strikes on Sunni Baloch seperatists by carrying out "precision military strikes" against alleged militant hideouts inside Iran, killing at least nine.In severa …

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