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Vincent Bevins: Diary

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MARCH 19. 2026

Assessing the Threats to the United States

The U. S. intelligence community’s latest global threat assessment focuses heavily on Iran.

Trump Praises Japan’s Takaichi for ‘Stepping Up’ in Iran War

But Tokyo remains wary of offering direct military support in the Strait of Hormuz.

Trump Praises Takaichi for Supporting Iran War

But Tokyo remains wary of offering direct military support in the Strait of Hormuz.

Ukraine Wants to Cash in on Iran’s Drone Threat

Kyiv has valuable counterdrone expertise and technology it can offer Gulf countries. But there are hurdles.

Pentagon Claims It Needs Additional $200 Billion to Pay for War on Iran

“Obviously, it takes money to kill bad guys, ” said Pete Hegseth, when asked about the funding request.

Israel Attacking Iran’s Energy ‘Wasn’t a Surprise’ to the Trump Administration

Israel’s top diplomat in New York City says strikes like the one on Iran’s South Pars gas field were “part of the plan. ”

Seth Moulton Saw Trans Rights as a Political Liability. It Could Doom His Senate Campaign.

Rep. Seth Moulton is challenging Sen. Ed Markey — and struggling to land his message with his past anti-trans comments haunting him.

The U. S. and Israel Aren’t Fighting the Same War

It would be a mistake for Trump to defer to Netanyahu’s regime change fantasies.

Iran Can Afford America’s Economic Warfare

The United States is increasing its pressure, but Tehran can still shift to a war economy.

Get Ready for a Weaker but Nastier Iran

What the war’s most likely outcome means for the United States and the Middle East.

Europe’s Duty-Free Access Bankrolls Myanmar’s Military Repression

Five years after the coup, foreign brands and the EU's trade preferences continue to generate hard currency for a military regime waging war on its own people.

The Tennissance

Two young tennis stars have revived the sport by embodying the sort of athletic-aesthetic duality that made Nadal and Federer so fascinating.

Shenzhen Express

In Shenzhen, the successes and failures of China’s remarkable new economy are on full display.

Crowds and Lovers

In his novel G. , John Berger shifts between the revolutionary possibilities of mass demonstrations and of erotic encounters, ultimately writing a historical novel about the present.

Deciphering Dame Muriel

In Electric Spark, Frances Wilson attempts to crack the ingenious codes that were of prime importance in Muriel Spark’s life and writing.

Rivals of the Landscape

The more we learn about J. M. W. Turner and John Constable, the more extraordinary it seems that two such breathtakingly original painters could emerge and flourish at the same time in the British art world.

Interminable Ignorance

Why has the will to ignorance become so virulent in our time?

A Man-Made Disaster

There has never been a moral and historical reckoning with the horrors inflicted by the Allied firebombing of Japan during World War II.

Mother Daughter Sister Wife

A new anthology of female Hungarian poets engages with the nation’s often tragic history through various forms of reticence, misdirection, and playfulness.