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The Longest Light
THE AQL JUNE ROUNDUP: Are we being parsimonious with the right things?
Lebanon Did Something Courageous, and It's a Big Deal.
In its US-backed deal with Israel, Lebanon took a big step toward reclaiming its country. Its leaders must be protected from assassination by Iran and…
 • Dan Perry
The War of the Worlds
WEEKEND READ: The dangerous chasm between world of the informed and everyone else
 • Dan Perry
Every Criminal Loves His Gun
Russia defends atomic weapons as guarantors of peace, but also offers the prime example of how they allow conventional outrage under the blackmail of…
 • Dan Perry
Israel Needs a Smarter Strategy for Lebanon
Forty-five years of trying to defeat Hezbollah alone have produced failure. The time has come to turn Hezbollah from Israel’s problem into an…
 • Dan Perry
Keir Starmer Resigned! Insider Ben Judah Explains Why and What's Next.
It could lead to electoral reform and un-Brexit, he says, on the CRITICAL CONDITIONS podcast, Ep. 69
 • Dan Perry
26:55
“Compute” Is a Jargonistic Scourge. Ban It!
SUNDAY READ: Tech mania is making us forget how to speak like human beings
 • Dan Perry
Is There Still Hope on Iran?
Diaspora figure Nazenin Ansari says yes on the CRITICAL CONDITIONS podcast, Ep. 68
 • Dan Perry
24:54
The Art of the Steal
US-IRAN DEAL: AQL offers the ultimate strategic scorecard of a Trumpy capitulation
 • Dan Perry
The EU Should Fasttrack Ukraine
It would send a needed message to Putin - and Trump - and help Kyiv make tough decisions
The End of American Global Power?
A debate of sorts on the CRITICAL CONDITIONS podcast, Ep. 67
 • Dan Perry
22:12
Vienna Waits for You
SUNDAY READ: Where the old world lingers, stubbornly and beautifully
 • Dan Perry
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