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Protesters against the US war in Iran rally in Tehran in May 2026 (Sina Drakhshani/Unsplash)

Why Didn’t US Nukes Force Iran to Capitulate in the Face of War?

Even as Washington launched war on Iran twice in a year, its nukes provided remarkably little leverage.

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  • Germany's internal border checks were supposed to be temporary. Introduced in 2015 as an emergency response, they've now become a familiar part of daily life across much of Europe. Reporter Sam Baker travels to Germany's borders with France and the Netherlands, where commuters sit in traffic, businesses absorb mounting costs, and local leaders question whether[...]
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  • Ah Long spent years building a life in Shanghai. Then the pandemic arrived. China's Zero-COVID policy cost him his job, his relationship, and eventually his faith that he could build a future there. So he did something almost unimaginable: he set out alone for the United States, crossing the Darién Gap, surviving robberies, and surrendering[...]
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