- NYT has story about Israel's killing of an Iranian nuclear scientist. - NYT has more on secret diplomacy leading…
- AUKUS examined by NYT. - China reacts by seeking to join TPP. - France gets nasty. - Arms controllers…
FT scoops the rest with two items: Xi rejected a proposal by Biden for face-to-face summit; Khalilzad says Ghani's surprise…
- Jonathan Swan of Axios suggests lawmakers believe he was acting too politically, if the Woodward book is accurate.Sen. Rubio…
I have long believed the US is overcommitted in the Middle East, given its declining interests in the region, and…
Punchbowl provides several stories on Blinken testimony. Politico: “Blinken lays blame on Trump as he defends messy withdrawal from Afghanistan”…
- North Korea has tested a cruise missile that puts all of Japan in range. - Iran and IAEA have…
- Stanford's Amy Zegart says CIA post-9/11 has been too involved in military activities, weakening its core mission of avoiding…
The UN is anticipating that virtually the entire population of Afghanistan will soon require humanitarian assistance. The country's economy is…
- In WSJ Daniel Byman explains why the US hasn't suffered another 9/11-sized attack. - In WaPo, Colbert King notes…