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The Mecca Pact is the latest sign of the U.S.’s declining influence in the Middle East

2026-08-14
By: Mitchell Plitnick
On: August 14, 2026
In: Middle East
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Advertisements The new defense agreement among Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, and Pakistan highlights how Israeli aggression is compelling the region to reconfigure its alliances and serves as the latest evidence of the United States’ declining global influence. Read more at Mondoweiss  Continue Reading

Oman’s Foreign Minister to the West: You’ve been containing the wrong country

2026-07-19
By: Mitchell Plitnick
On: July 19, 2026
In: Persian Gulf

Advertisements In a Le Monde op-ed, Oman’s Badr al-Busaidi argues the West’s decades-long policy of “containing” Iran was always misguided, and that the true threat comes from Tel Aviv. Al-Busaidi pushes for a new security order built around regional states. Read more at Mondoweiss  Continue Reading

How Do We Get Out of This? An Iran War Proposal (Video)

2026-07-18
By: Mitchell Plitnick
On: July 18, 2026
In: Iran

Advertisements As the American war on Iran heats up once again, the world watches in peril. The threat to the global economy is greater than ever, and there seems to be no way out. In this video I map out what I believe to be an achievable, pragmatic, albeit difficult,Continue Reading

American Unexceptionalism: Why Trump Was Inevitable

2026-07-05
By: Mitchell Plitnick
On: July 5, 2026
In: United States

Advertisements American exceptionalism was always a con job. The only surprise is how long it worked. In this week’s Globalists, Josh White and Mitchell Plitnick discuss why Donald Trump is the culmination of US politics, why Britain remains trapped in Washington’s orbit, and whether the left can reconcile antiracist andContinue Reading

More Democracy, Less Oligarchs: America at 250

2026-07-02
By: Mitchell Plitnick
On: July 2, 2026
In: United States

Advertisements At 250 years old, the United States is far from the beacon of democracy it likes to fancy itself as. In fact, it was intentionally constructed never to be that. Read more at The Battleground    Continue Reading

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