The First Major Test of OPEC+ After UAE’s Exit
For almost six decades, the United Arab Emirates had been a member of OPEC, but all of that came to an end on May...
Taiwan’s Pre-Han Kuang Combat Readiness Drills
On June 21, 2026, Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense announced that its armed forces would launch a five-day, four-night "Immediate Combat Readiness Exercise" from...
Is China Filling America’s Vacuum?
America's retreat from the developing world happened fast, and the numbers back that up. Foreign aid from OECD countries dropped by about 23 percent...
Why Strategic Autonomy Is Becoming the Global Trend
For decades, the assumption underpinning global diplomacy was simple and that was when great powers clash, smaller and mid-sized states eventually have to pick...
The New Age of Bunker-Busting Warfare
When seven B-2 Spirit stealth bombers flew a 36-hour round-trip mission from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri to Iran on 22nd June 2025, they...
Has the Iran War Made Regime Change Harder
When U.S. and Israeli forces launched Operation Epic Fury against Iran on February 28, 2026, killing Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei within hours, the operating...
The Rise of Strategic Middle Powers
In February 2025, the most consequential US-Russia talks since the invasion of Ukraine did not happen in Washington, Moscow, or Brussels. They happened in...
How War in the Gulf is Fueling Hunger Worldwide
On February 28, 2026, conflict escalated across the Middle East in ways that immediately reordered global energy markets. Within days, overall traffic through the...
How Moscow’s wartime alliance with Pyongyang is redrawing the map of Northeast Asian power
For decades, the default assumption in Asian geopolitics was simple: if you wanted to understand North Korea, you watched Beijing. China was the lifeline,...
Did Striking Iran Restore or Hollow Out U.S Global Leadership
At 1:15 a.m. on February 28, 2026, the United States crossed a threshold it had circled for over four decades. Operation Epic Fury was...