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Billboards feature Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of the Likud Party (left) and former Israeli military chief Gadi Eisenkot, leader of the Yashar Party (right), in the city of Kiryat Malachi, Israel, on Oct. 20.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 25, 2026
Is Israel strong enough to go it alone?
Opinion polls suggested this would be a tight race. And that was before the U.S. president put his hand on the scales by endorsing the incumbent.
Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Sept. 22.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 19, 2026
As obstacles to peace go, Zelenskyy ranks below Trump
In the hierarchy of politicians responsible for the continuation of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Zelenskyy ranks only third, after Putin and Trump.
Russian President Vladimir Putin observes a military exercise alongside top military officials in the Chelyabinsk region of central Russia, near the border with Kazakhstan, on Oct. 2.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 14, 2026
Why Putin says Russia could ‘cease to exist’ if it loses
Putin’s officials have said they are fighting Nazis and responding to NATO aggression, and that the U.S. sought Russia’s “strategic defeat.”
A mural of U.S. President Donald Trump next to an Iranian missile system in Tehran's Azadi Square in July
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 16, 2026
America’s Iran war forgot about nukes
When the war was launched, a resolution of the nuclear dispute was prominent among the dizzying array of U.S. and Israeli aims to explain the attack.
Russian President Vladimir Putin greets U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner before talks in Moscow on Sept. 5.
COMMENTARY
Sep 11, 2026
The far right’s political victory in Germany is great news for Putin
No one in NATO has any interest in attacking Russia, but these fabrications make for powerful messages and they’re paying dividends for the Kremlin.
Rescuers, police officers and volunteers evacuate a wounded resident from the site of a house destroyed by a Russian air strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on Aug. 2.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 12, 2026
Western allies are about to fail Ukraine, again
The lack of Western support is giving Putin reason to fight on, and Russia is acquiring a significant new advantage in being able to strike any Ukrainian target.
A woman walks past a mural depicting a U.S. drone on a wall of the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran. The U.S. cannot force a decisive victory over Iran because modern technology has eroded America's military dominance.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 3, 2026
A misdiagnosis of U.S. failings leaves Trump stuck in Iran
Iran has demonstrated already that, should Trump fulfill his threats to destroy the nation’s infrastructure, it has the capacity to do the same to America’s Gulf allies.
U.S. President Donald Trump is welcomed by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman after arriving in Riyadh in May 2025.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 31, 2026
Trump’s Saudi nuclear deal is too important to lie about
The Saudi nuclear deal is in the same way designed to solve a tactical problem precipitated by the Iran war.
Mourners attend a funeral procession for Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed on Feb. 28 in Israeli and U.S. airstrikes, in Qom, Iran, on July 7.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 13, 2026
Ali Khamenei was a monster. The U.S. made him a martyr.
For IRGC commander Ahmad Vahidi and other regime leaders, this funeral was probably more important than their 60-day negotiations with the U.S.
A man holding a Polish national flag lights a candle at the site of a mass burial of Poles killed by Ukrainian nationalists during World War II in the former Polish village of Puznyky, Ukraine, in September.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 29, 2026
Ukraine can’t afford a breakup with Poland over history
This is reckless statecraft at the service of domestic politics on both sides — only Poland isn’t at war.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a news conference after a meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, in December.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 12, 2026
The U.S. and Israel can’t hide their differences on Iran
The cause of their dispute is, on the surface, simple. Israel says the April ceasefire between Tehran and Washington did not cover Lebanon.
As drone warfare reshapes the Ukraine conflict and the nature of the fighting, Europe is facing pressure to support Kyiv while building its own long-term strategy and security framework separate from the U.S.
COMMENTARY / World
May 26, 2026
The Ukrainians are doing better, now it’s the Europeans’ turn
Overall, the nature of the battlefield has changed in ways that blunt Russia’s overwhelming advantages in manpower, artillery and armor.
Mutual overconfidence and strategic miscalculation by both the U.S. and Iran are making renewed war increasingly likely because neither side fully understands the other’s strengths, weaknesses or willingness to endure pain.
COMMENTARY / World
May 13, 2026
The risk of the Iran war restarting is irrationally high
So long as the ceasefire holds and Hormuz remains blocked, the conflict is now a test of how well each side can withstand the economic and political strain inflicted by the other.
A man passes a mural on a wall in Tehran after U.S. President Donald Trump said that he had agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran, on April 8.
COMMENTARY / World
May 11, 2026
If Iran agrees to everything, was the war worth it?
The strongest argument against the reported U.S. proposal is that it would leave Iran controlling the Strait of Hormuz.
Donald Trump's decades-long unchanging foreign policy approach, combined with erratic behavior, has amplified risks and confusion in U.S. dealings with Russia, Iran and the wider world.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 24, 2026
We’re all trapped in Trump’s 1980s worldview
Current events provide a vivid example of how Trump’s failure to evolve distorts policy making.
People mourn the death of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in joint U.S. and Israeli strikes, in Tehran on Sunday.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 1, 2026
Trump’s ambitions for Iran: He wants everything.
Yet the most ambitious goal, and the one that must be achieved to make sense of all the others, was regime change.
Locals hold a Ukrainian flag on a destroyed bridge in Irpin, Ukraine, during a memorial ceremony on Tuesday marking the fourth anniversary of Russia’s invasion.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 27, 2026
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has already changed the world
Russia’s record in this tragedy is less inspiring. The war has been the catastrophe that even many in the Kremlin feared.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin attend a news conference following their meeting to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine in Anchorage, Alaska, in August.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 18, 2026
Putin has weaponized the peace talks. The U.S. can stop him
More than a year into negotiations that President Donald Trump said would take him 24 hours to resolve, the recent talks in Dubai produced nothing beyond a prisoner swap.
A woman walks past a mural depicting a U.S. drone on a wall of the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran. U.S. President Donald Trump’s mixed signals on Iran raise doubts that Washington has a clear strategy or enough understanding of the country to manage the consequences of military action.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 6, 2026
On Iran, U.S. needs a little more data and a lot less hubris
Responses from Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his officials have ranged from let’s talk (about nuclear) to forget about it and make my day.
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, Vladimir Putin’s reluctance to engage with global crises, such as America's actions in Venezuela, reveals his limited ability to assert Russian power on the world stage.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 23, 2026
Putin’s recent silence is worrying
It’s hard to know exactly what Russians think, as reporting there is strictly limited.
Two Japanese climbers die on remote Himalayan peak in Nepal
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Japanese climbers missing for over a week on a remote Himalayan mountain.
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Guests from Peru's Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
Budget-friendly restaurant chain Saizeriya succumbs to rising costs
A Tokyo branch of Saizeriya, a chain of family-style Italian restaurants
U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
How this long-term resident avoids the annoying tourist label in Japan
Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
What can Asia do to avoid crossing crucial climate tipping points?
Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia's South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
91AV原创 permanent residency reform has a glaring blind spot
Japan's immigration reforms risk creating uncertainty by tying permanent residency more closely to language proficiency before clear assessment standards and supporting infrastructure are in place.
Japan weighs how to evacuate thousands of tourists if Mount Fuji erupts
Climbers and visitors gather on the first day of the climbing season at the Fuji Yoshidaguchi Trail, at the fifth station on the slopes of Mount Fuji, in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on July 1, 2024.

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