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World Affairs

Trump's Hormuz Blockade Starts Monday. Who Bleeds First Decides the War.

US Central Command begins blockading Iranian ports Monday at 10 am ET after the Islamabad talks collapsed. Iran's rial is at 1.45 million per dollar; US inflation forecast jumped to 4.2 percent. The Realist names the constraints and asks which domestic politics collapses first.

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World Affairs

World Affairs

Trump's Hormuz Blockade Starts Monday. Who Bleeds First Decides the War.

Inflate the Enemy's Dead. Bury Your Own. Every Side Is Running the Same Script.

The Numbers From This War Rhyme With Every Middle East War Since 1973

Every Side's Casualty Ledger Has a Gap. Here Are the Gaps, Side by Side.

Uganda's Army Chief Promised Israel 100,000 Troops. The UPDF Has 45,000.

Forty-Three Days of War, Then a Room: US and Iran Open Direct Talks in Islamabad

The Board of Peace Pledged $17 Billion for Gaza. Less Than $1 Billion Has Arrived.

Iran Brings Munich to Islamabad and Calls It Diplomacy

US Delegation Arrives in Pakistan for Iran Talks With 'Low Expectations'

Strip the Rhetoric: What Each Side Actually Wants From This Ceasefire

254 People Killed in One Day. Here Is What That Looks Like.

Oil Crashed 16%. The Market Priced in a Peace That Does Not Exist.

The Ceasefire Excludes Lebanon. Ask Who Wrote That Clause.

Israel's Lebanon Campaign Has No Exit Strategy

Who Enforces This Ceasefire? Nobody.

Iran Ceasefire Scorecard: Three Claims, One Deal, No Winner

Israel Says the Ceasefire Serves Stability. 254 Dead Suggest Otherwise.

Macron Speaks, Allies Fracture: The Human Cost of Going It Alone

Pakistan Brokered the Deal Everyone Said Was Impossible. Both Sides Need to Understand Why.

Israel Got Exactly What It Needed: A Ceasefire That Doesn't Apply to Its War

He Promised to Destroy a Civilization. Then He Called It a Win.

Inside Iran's 10-Point Proposal: The Shared Interests Both Sides Refuse to Name

India and Bangladesh Are Replaying a Script Written in 1947. Both Countries Know the Lines by Heart.

Two Kids Are Dead in Manipur. A Mob Stormed a Military Camp. And Nobody Outside India Seems to Care.

Who Lives in the Buildings He Wants to Blow Up

Pakistan Brokers the Pause Nobody Expected

The Empire Bombs a University and Calls It Victory