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Why Hopes for a Denuclearized Korean Peninsula Are Fading
The Middle East has witnessed another devastating attempt at a bloodbath over nuclear proliferation. The complex case of Iranian denuclearization efforts turned violent when...
From Natanz to Catastrophe
In June 2025, extensive Israeli attacks—followed by U.S. strikes—on Iran’s nuclear facilities, including key sites at Natanz, Fordow, and Isfahan, once again brought the...
The “Pentagon Pizza Index” as a Case Study in Low‑Tech OSINT
The so-called “Pentagon Pizza Index” denotes an informal but enduring observation that sudden spikes in pizza orders at eateries proximate to U.S. government installations—most...
Forecasting Germany’s foreign and defense policy under Chancellor Friedrich Merz
In February 2025, Friedrich Merz became the new Chancellor of Germany after a series of internal political crises that took place in the fourth...
The United States is Pushing Southeast Asia Towards China
The United States' grand strategy of its 'Pivot to Asia' had been stalled since its articulation by the Obama administration in 2011. Donald Trump...
Trump at a Crossroads: Has the Anti-War President Become a Warmonger?
The bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities using advanced bombers and massive ordnance marked a turning point in Donald Trump’s presidency, a man who came...
Did Trump Really Stop a War?
The assertion that trade diplomacy single-handedly averted a major military conflagration between India and Pakistan in 2025, as recently reiterated, presents a dangerously oversimplified...
Trump’s Global Bully Diplomacy: The Failure of a Strategy Built on Coercion
In his second term, Donald Trump has embraced an even more aggressive and theatrical approach to foreign policy—a style that can aptly be called...
51 Precision Strikes in Somalia: U.S. Forces Defending Forward, Respecting Sovereignty
Defending Forward, Respecting Sovereignty
The U.S. military carried out 51 airstrikes in Somalia from January through mid-July 2025. This strike activity—averaging just over two strikes...
Alarm Bells Sounding in Syria
Since the collapse of the Assad regime in December, Syrians have been free to breath and dream, again. This moment, however, did come cheaply,...