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The Talks That Aren’t Happening: Strategic Ambiguity in the US-Iran Standoff
President Trump insists “productive” negotiations with Iran are happening. Iran’s top officials repeatedly deny it. One of them is lying, or both are, or...
Turning the Tide: How Ocean Cooperation Can Reduce Global Conflict
The world’s oceans are increasingly fraught with tension. Shipping lanes are blocked, seabed cables and pipelines sabotaged, migrants risk perilous sea passages, fish populations...
Italy Blocks US Use of Sicily Base for Middle East Missions
Italy has refused permission for U.S. military aircraft to use a key air base in Sicily for operations linked to the Middle East, according...
How Nuclear Technology Belongs in the SDGs Conversation?
The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a comprehensive framework to tackle emerging global challenges such as poverty, hunger, healthcare water scarcity, and...
Wars Waged by Great Powers are Felt Most by Poor Countries
One of the most disturbing developments in world politics is that the number of interstate wars are increasing, marking an end to an eighty-year...
Pinaka 120 Tested: What India’s Long-Range Rocket Means for South Asian Conflict
On 29 December 2025, India conducted the maiden flight test of the Pinaka Long Range Guided Rocket (LRGR) with a reported range of 120...
Stray Ukrainian drone that crashed in Finland was carrying a warhead
A Ukrainian drone that crashed in Finland on Sunday contained an unexploded warhead, according to Finnish police. Ukraine has apologized for the incident, stating...
Encircling Washington: China Targets U.S. Bases and Influence in the Post-Iran War Middle East
China views US military bases in the Gulf and the Middle East as instruments of hegemony and monitors their impact on energy security. It...
Pakistan-Afghanistan Border Clashes Threaten Islamabad’s Role in US-Iran Talks
Tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan have flared again, with both sides trading artillery fire along the border, just days after announcing a temporary pause...
The War in Iran is not the next World War: How multipolarity is changing the logic of escalation
The Iranian conflict is falling, predictably, into the escalation trap—from what began as a vertically limited, regime-targeting air campaign to a horizontally expanding regional...