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Donald Trump, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev (L), and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan (R), sign the joint declaration “peace road map” following their trilateral meeting at the White House on August 8, 2025.

Trump’s “Corridor Wars” in the Caucasus Trump’s “Corridor Wars” in the Caucasus

His deals are informed by hyper-transactional dealmaking.

Aug 12, 2025 / Pietro A. Shakarian

A protester against the asylum seekers being housed in the Brook Hotel holds a sign saying “Deport Every Illegal” during the demonstration on August 8, 2025, in Norwich, United Kingdom.

“Of This World”: Politics in the Era of Rage, With Carlo Invernizzi Accetti “Of This World”: Politics in the Era of Rage, With Carlo Invernizzi Accetti

A special edition of American Prestige.

Aug 12, 2025 / Podcast / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins and Daniel Bessner

Netanyahu’s Lies as Children Die

Netanyahu’s Lies as Children Die Netanyahu’s Lies as Children Die

Distorting the reality of the crisis in Gaza.

Aug 12, 2025 / OppArt / Tjeerd Royaards

Mamdani’s Victory Over Fear

Mamdani’s Victory Over Fear Mamdani’s Victory Over Fear

New York's political establishment threw the whole post-9/11 playbook against the Democratic nominee for mayor, and came up empty.

Aug 12, 2025 / Spencer Ackerman

President Donald Trump shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a joint press conference in New Delhi on February 25, 2020.

Narendra Modi Learns That Not Even Trump Respects a Bootlicker Narendra Modi Learns That Not Even Trump Respects a Bootlicker

The Indian prime minister discovers that the world’s biggest bully sees fawning as weakness.

Aug 11, 2025 / Jeet Heer

People gather in front of the European Union (EU) Council building to stage a demonstration demanding the immediate suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement and an urgent halt to all arms supplies, in Brussels, Belgium on July 15, 2025.

The European Union Is Complicit in Genocide The European Union Is Complicit in Genocide

The EU presents itself as a global champion of moral and legal leadership. Its refusal to hold Israel accountable or protect Palestinian lives tells a far different story.

Aug 11, 2025 / Linah Alsaafin

Gaza

Gaza Gaza

“Never Again.”

Aug 11, 2025 / OppArt / Burton Silverman©

Mainly exiles and German-Iranians protest against the Mullah regime in Iran at a rally in Frankfurt, Germany. One man holds a photo of Reza Pahlavi II, who is living in exile.

Trump’s Regime Change Fantasy Involves Bringing Back the Shah Trump’s Regime Change Fantasy Involves Bringing Back the Shah

The United States and its allies are toying with liberating Iran with the help of some unsavory friends.

Aug 8, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Supporters of Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group block the streets with burning tires as they rally in cars and motorbikes to protest the government's endorsement of a plan to disarm it, in Beirut’s southern suburbs early on August 8, 2025.

Lebanon Moves to Disarm Hezbollah, Netanyahu Announces His Gaza Occupation, and It’s the 80th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombing in Hiroshima Lebanon Moves to Disarm Hezbollah, Netanyahu Announces His Gaza Occupation, and It’s the 80th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombing in Hiroshima

On American Prestige: the week's news.

Aug 8, 2025 / Podcast / Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison

Relatives of slain Mayor Alejandro Arcos carry his coffin during his funeral service, one week after he took office, in Chilpancingo, Guerrero state, Mexico, Monday, October 7, 2024.

Why Are So Many Mexican Mayors Getting Murdered? Why Are So Many Mexican Mayors Getting Murdered?

A staggering number of mayors have been brutally killed in the past few years—and there’s no end in sight. What's going on?

Aug 8, 2025 / Oscar Lopez

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