How U.S. and Israeli Strikes Shattered Iran’s Iconic Monuments
Recent Israeli airstrikes on March 7 and 9 caused significant damage to historic sites in Isfahan, Iran, including the Naqsh-e Jahan square and the...
Russia Targets Ukraine’s Fortress Belt in Major Offensive
Russia is slowly advancing into Kostiantynivka, a strategic city in Ukraine, while its progress along the broader 1,200-km front has mostly stalled. Fighting has...
Obliterating Gaza’s Children: The Damning UN Report
When I was working on The Fall of Israel (2024) and particularly The Obliteration Doctrine (2025), what I found most repulsive was the targeting...
African States Emphasizing Quality of Continental Economic Transformation
The Agenda 2063 “Decade of Acceleration” drawn by the African Union has been seriously considered not for the quality of its plans, but for...
EurAsian (Networks of) Corridors
For over a century, discussions about Eurasia have been dominated by the language of competition. The last two decades accelerated it further: Analysts compare...
The De-Americanisation of European Defense?
The second Trump administration has recentred the military within elite security discourse, upping the ante on defense spending. This trend spilled over into the...
Are JD Vance and Marco Rubio Split on Iran and Israel?
The Trump administration has worked to project a unified foreign policy following the preliminary US Iran peace agreement, but recent remarks by Vice President...
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...
Can Andy Burnham Revive Britain’s Economy by Channeling Richard Nixon?
Britain could soon have its seventh prime minister in a decade, with Andy Burnham emerging as a potential successor to Keir Starmer.
The analysis argues...
Turkey, Syria and Ukraine: Strategic Hedging in the Near East
The war that the United States and Israel launched against Iran in February has left a great many consequences in its wake. It greatly...