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Ending Israel’s war on peace

Ending Israel’s war on peace

A two-week ceasefire has partially halted the Israel-US war on Iran. The war accomplished precisely nothing that a competent diplomat could not have achieved in an afternoon. The Strait of Hormuz was ...

Apr 10, 2026 5 min
Iran ceasefire: too many brokers, too little leverage

Iran ceasefire: too many brokers, too little leverage

Pakistan, with China’s help, brokered it. Turkey and Egypt shuttled the proposals. Qatar had been working the phones for weeks. When the ceasefire between the United States, Israel and Iran was ...

Apr 10, 2026 5 min
The deal to reopen Hormuz is nowhere near done

The deal to reopen Hormuz is nowhere near done

Wednesday’s ceasefire announcement by President Donald Trump, linked to Iran reopening the Strait of Hormuz, prompted immediate optimism shipping would quickly resume. It didn’t. The following morning...

Apr 10, 2026 5 min
For South Korea, an alliance in question

For South Korea, an alliance in question

South Korea’s decades of sacrifice are colliding with a more transactional United States – and that collision is raising hard questions about reciprocity, reliability and strategic autonomy. In 2013, ...

Apr 10, 2026 5 min
Japan’s unsustainable pacifist delusion

Japan’s unsustainable pacifist delusion

Japan’s pacifist constitution is often cited as a constraint on what the nation of 123 million and the world’s fourth-largest economy can and cannot do militarily. The latest crisis in the...

Apr 11, 2026 5 min
Trump's Clash of Civilizations

Trump's Clash of Civilizations

Dalí’s “Nuclear Mysticism,” Jasper Johns's objects of love, a new Guggenheim director, and free art supplies for all.

Apr 11, 2026 5 min