PREVIEW IRAN: Colleague Ambassador Husain Haqqani comments that intervention in Iran entangled the US in another complicated culture that is not likely to be a brief dialogue. More.

PREVIEW: Colleague Ahmad Sharawi comments that it is unlikely that the millions of Syrians who fled the civil war will return to their homes anytime soon. More.

PREVIEW ISRAEL: Colleague David Daoud comments that it appears Israel has outsourced its survival to the US B-2 weapon system. More.

PREVIEW NATO: Colleague John Hardie comments on the modest expectations of this week's NATO meeting at The Hague. More.

PREVIEW CHINA: Colleague Anne Stevenson-Yang comments on talk that the prominent EV carmaker BYD may be crushed by debt. More.

PREVIEW: Colleague Andrea Stricker of FDD comments on her surprise how much the IDF knows of the Iran nuke weapon program. More.

LONDINIUM 90AD: Gaius and Germanicus observe that the Americans do not appear informed that the Iranians are the uncowed, unconquered Parthians of Crassus and Caesar aka Persians of Sparta and Athens -- except for Alexander 4th century BCE. More. Michael

PREVIEW LONDINIUM 90AD: Gaius & Germanicuss observe that the Republican Party divides between the younger voters led by VPOTUS Vance and the aged boomers led by POTUS. More. Michael Vlahos. Friends of History Debating Society. @michalis_vlahos

PREVIEW LONDINIUM 90AD: Gaius & Germanicus do not see much of a difference comparing US attack on BRICS and SCO member Iran and Russia's attack on EU and NATO candidate Ukraine. Empires strike at a client of the rival. More. Michael Vlahos. Friends of Hi

EUROPEAN CLIMATE WILDFIRE SEASON BEGINS. 4/4: A Future in Flames Paperback –by Danielle Clode (Author)

EUROPEAN CLIMATE WILDFIRE SEASON BEGINS. 3/4: A Future in Flames Paperback –by Danielle Clode (Author)

EUROPEAN CLIMATE WILDFIRE SEASON BEGINS. 2/4: A Future in Flames Paperback –by Danielle Clode (Author)

EUROPEAN CLIMATE WILDFIRE SEASON BEGINS. 1/4: A Future in Flames Paperback –by Danielle Clode (Author)

BURNING CITIES CONTINUED, THEN AND NOW. 8/8: Paris in Ruins: Love, War, and the Birth of Impressionism by Sebastian Smee (Author)

BURNING CITIES CONTINUED, THEN AND NOW. 7/8: Paris in Ruins: Love, War, and the Birth of Impressionism by Sebastian Smee (Author)

BURNING CITIES CONTINUED, THEN AND NOW. 6/8: Paris in Ruins: Love, War, and the Birth of Impressionism by Sebastian Smee (Author)

BURNING CITIES CONTINUED, THEN AND NOW. 5/8: Paris in Ruins: Love, War, and the Birth of Impressionism by Sebastian Smee (Author)

BURNING CITIES CONTINUED, THEN AND NOW. 4/8: Paris in Ruins: Love, War, and the Birth of Impressionism by Sebastian Smee (Author)

BURNING CITIES CONTINUED, THEN AND NOW. 3/8: Paris in Ruins: Love, War, and the Birth of Impressionism by Sebastian Smee (Author)

BURNING CITIES CONTINUED, THEN AND NOW. 2/8: Paris in Ruins: Love, War, and the Birth of Impressionism by Sebastian Smee (Author)