Category Archives: Foreign Policy

“Damned Lies and Statistics”, Al-Qaeda Edition

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 9 February 2026

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Credit Where it is Due: Trump’s Campaign Against the International Criminal Court is Working

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 12 January 2026

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Trump and Venezuela: Is This “Regime Change”?

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 6 January 2026

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“International Law” is a Dangerous Illusion

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 20 May 2024

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The West Needs a Strategy to Counter Iran’s “Ring of Fire”

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 16 April 2024

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What To Make of China “Brokering” the Saudi-Iran Deal

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 14 March 2023

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Turkey Tries to Exploit the Latest “Blasphemy” Controversy in Sweden

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 22 January 2023

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Pakistan Has Theories on Who Tried to Kill Imran Khan

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 4 November 2022

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is helped after he was shot in the shin in Wazirabad, Pakistan November 3, 2022 in this still image obtained from video. Urdu Media via REUTERS

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan was shot four times in both legs yesterday as he took part in a protest march supposed to end in the capital, Islamabad, calling for new elections. One of two alleged shooters, who between them killed one person and wounded at least ten, soon appeared in a confession video released by police. In it, he said he was motivated to stop Khan, whom he regarded as insufficiently pious, “misguiding the people”.

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