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Why Khamenei let the world see him deal with Trump — and what it reveals about authoritarian de-escalation
The tension between them tells you more about the nature of power than either fact alone.
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Power, policy, and the rhetoric designed to make both invisible.
Politics
Anthropic built an AI hacker so powerful it scared itself — exposing the gap no…
The model in question has been reported as a powerful AI system focused on cybersecurity capabilities.
Politics
The Oman channel’s quiet diplomacy faces its loudest threat yet: a public…
The Trump administration has imposed a deadline on Iran, and deadlines in international negotiations carry a specific psychological weight.
Politics
The psychology of how nations talk themselves into wars, explained through the Iran…
The framing itself carries a weight that few outside national security circles fully appreciate.
Politics
Social media companies have spent a decade arguing they’re not publishers —…
On March 25, 2026, a Los Angeles jury did something that lawyers, regulators, and advocates had been trying to engineer for years.