Israel is trying to erase Bint Jbail. World powers could put a stop to the ethnic cleansing. What war looks like now with @mbazzi.bsky.social on Order from Ashes @centuryintl.bsky.social

Useful crash course in the history of Middle East oil pipelines by Zack Cuyler, who argues that regional conflict isn’t an engineering problem. @centuryintl.bsky.social @tcfdotorg.bsky.social tcf.org/content/comm...

No one has been able to constrain the Houthis. Why? Using OSINT research, our report reveals how the Houthis built an astonishing arsenal in secret using a complex web of global supply chains. By @peterjsalisbury.bsky.social @veenaa.bsky.social and Henry Thompson & w support from @XCEPT_Research

Iraq’s weak new prime minister faces a terrifying welcome: ongoing war, renegade militias, allies that undermine, and a fiscal cliff. @sajadjiyad.bsky.social charts Ali Zaidi’s perilous agenda on Order from Ashes @centuryintl.bsky.social

This is instructive in quantifying the burdens this war has created for the U.S. and its impact on preparedness. But, importantly, it also makes clear that Israel’s capacity to wage regional wars is a product of U.S. cooperation or acquiescence. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

My latest for @foreignpolicy.com, on U.S.-sponsored Israel-Lebanon talks that mainly seem premised on embarrassing and discrediting Lebanese leaders without even offering a real ceasefire in exchange: foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/15/t...