The small team running Trump’s foreign policy dlvr.it/TPgz5G

As I told ⁦⁦CNN⁩, a scenario in which U.S. military intervention leads to a major refugee crisis in Venezuela needs to be seriously considered. cnn.com/2025/12/07/pol…

Fascinating details from Sharaa: "After liberating w Aleppo, Russia sent an offer to halt the fighting & retain what we had liberated. I interpreted this message as meaning the Assad regime was collapsing, so I did not respond to it & we kept advancing"

NEW: Final NDAA includes a full repeal of the Caesar Act with no snapback or conditions.

NEW - on the 1yr anniversary of #Assad’s removal, the US Congress has officially finalized the text to repeal the #CaesarAct with no binding conditions or snap back mechanism. A HUGE step forward in opening #Syria up to a wave of investment prospects.

What does Palantir actually believe in? Connor Echols & Santiago Ramos debate this topic, using Palantir CEO Alex Karp's book, THE TECHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY.

NEW: How Assad's 'delicate balancing act' failed Connor Echols interviews author and analyst Neil Partrick about his new book, State Failure in the Middle East responsiblestatecraft.org/assad-regime-c…

Assad "thought he could play all these [foreign powers] at the same time. He thought they needed him." Neil Partrick explains to Connor Echols how Assad's "delicate balancing act" led to a spectacular collapse responsiblestatecraft.org/assad-regime-c…

My interview with Connor Echols Responsible Statecraft on #Syria one year on and my Routledge Books #statefailureinthemiddleeast

Kushner, Saudis, Qataris, and UAE teaming up with Ellison to try to form the world's dominant english-language media property

US logistics experts go to Israel to help get aid in to Gaza, then learn that the Israelis ban tent poles, paper, and pencils because they're afraid Palestinians might make weapons out of them. Honestly if we are sending you endless, hi tech weapons and you might lose to a

"It ain't gonna work" Great Connor Echols Q&A with Neil Partrick on how Assad lost support before his regime seemingly feel suddenly a year ago this week responsiblestatecraft.org/assad-regime-c…

There are some things Congress CAN agree on, like keeping American soldiers deployed overseas forever. responsiblestatecraft.org/ndaa-europe/ stavroula pabst #NDAA

When the Syrian government collapsed, its military was composed of little more than a series of armed gangs. "That national esprit de corps was already very, very weak before the state collapsed," Neil Partrick told Connor Echols responsiblestatecraft.org/assad-regime-c…

Would that we could all have the self-confidence of David Brooks

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This is rogue state behavior. Trump’s current sanctions on the ICC are already hurting the rule of law and human security. Lawmakers should undo them legislatively and repeal the “Hague Invasion Act”—or at least amend it to no longer shield the President and Defense Secretary.