Epstein Files Audit and the Fight for Real Transparency
The Justice Department watchdog’s review of the Epstein files should not be treated as routine bureaucracy. It is a direct test of whether the...
Russia Is Not Dumping Gold
Russia has now sold physical gold from central bank linked reserves for the first time in about a quarter century, and the headline number...
CSTO Is Right to Worry
The CSTO discussions in Dushanbe and the April 8 Afghanistan working group should not be dismissed as routine security theater. The organization is reacting...
Suez vs Hormuz: One Canal, One Strait, Two Different Laws
The comparison sounds tempting, but it collapses the moment law meets geography. The Strait of Hormuz is a natural waterway linking the Gulf to...
Afghanistan’s Response and the Price of Empty Words
Afghanistan does not need a softer public relations line. It needs proof that it can act like a responsible state. That means controlling armed...
When a General’s Phone Becomes a Battlefield
Reports first carried by Kan and then echoed by The Times of Israel, Middle East Eye, and Anadolu describe a stunning claim: Iran-linked hackers...
Iran’s New Strait of Hormuz Protocol
Iran’s new protocol for the Strait of Hormuz is not a normal maritime regulation. It is a wartime instrument being repackaged as a postwar...
The Real Energy Crisis Begins After the Ceasefire
The April 8 ceasefire between Iran, the United States, and Israel has calmed nerves, but it has not repaired the energy system that was...
Oil Reserves do not Solve an Oil Shock
The renewed oil shock has exposed an old truth that governments keep trying to forget. Energy markets may look global, digital, and sophisticated, but...
Trump Forgot the Strait, and Now America Pays the Price
With Donald Trump back in the White House, and with the administration still selling Operation Epic Fury as a triumph and decisive American power,...