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The Studio View
The world through an artist's careful eye
A retired fine arts instructor staying sharp on the facts that shape the bigger picture
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Recent Briefings
The direct U.S.-Iran military confrontation has now claimed its first American casualties. The conflict's eighth day saw fatal strikes on a U.S. base in Jordan and reported hits on an Iranian nuclear …
As the direct U.S.-Iran military confrontation stretches into its seventh day, Tehran's formal withdrawal from an interim peace deal marks a dangerous new baseline for the conflict. Also on today's ra…
A sixth consecutive night of U.S.-Iran military exchanges has pulled Qatar into the crossfire, marking a steady geographic expansion of the conflict. Also in today's briefing: a dual brain-computer in…
The U.S.-Iran confrontation we've been tracking has expanded significantly today, with American strikes reaching northern Iran and Tehran threatening to close the Red Sea. We're also following tangibl…
President Trump's new threats against civilian infrastructure are raising the stakes in the ongoing U.S. naval blockade of Iran today. Elsewhere on the radar, we are tracking a fatal Israeli airstrike…
The geopolitical and legal stakes of the U.S.-Iran conflict escalated sharply this morning with a formal war notification to Congress and a deadly strike on commercial shipping. We're also tracking a …
Today in The Studio View: Washington has formally reinstated a blockade on Iran, triggering immediate retaliatory strikes against U.S. bases in Bahrain, Jordan, and Kuwait. Also in the briefing: the s…
The escalating tit-for-tat strikes between the US and Iran have crossed a new threshold with Tehran formally declaring the Strait of Hormuz closed to shipping. In other developments, a Rockefeller Uni…
Despite the recent collapse of the US-Iran ceasefire and subsequent military strikes, a diplomatic backchannel in Oman is keeping de-escalation hopes alive today. We're also covering the deployment of…
Diplomatic channels are shifting focus in the Middle East today, with senior Israeli and Egyptian military officials meeting in Cairo to map out post-war governance for Gaza. Also on the radar for The…