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Why US Middle East Policy Keeps Failing, From Iraq to Iran
The Middle East - for many Western observers - is something akin to Long Covid. One day you believe you are through the worst...
Is a Turkey–Israel War Actually Coming?
In March, Israeli F-35s struck three sites in central Syria that Turkish planners had quietly earmarked for a future airbase. No Turkish soldier had...
The Franco-Russian Lesson for Japan-South Korea Security Cooperation
The Franco-Russian Alliance of 1894 was one of the most unexpected strategic partnerships in the late nineteenth century. France was a republican state born...
The Making of a War: A Political Discourse Analysis of the 2026 U.S.-Iran War
Donning a white cap that reads in capital letters U S A, President Donald Trump announced the launch of “major combat operations in Iran”...
Beyond Imperialism and Sphere of Influence: Greenland and the Reordering of Strategic Space
Every time Donald Trump revives his demand for American control of Greenland, most recently at the July 2026 NATO summit in Ankara, the response...
Who May “Toll” the Strait of Hormuz
On 20 June, Donald Trump posted that there would be no tolls in the Strait of Hormuz during the sixty-day ceasefire, and none after...
Reform of the EU Electricity Market Design: A Step in the Right Direction?
Energy prices have increased significantly since 2021 due to demand transformations in the post-Covid-19 pandemic period and Russia’s war on Ukraine adversely affecting European...
A Time to Stop Laughing: Trump Policies and Nuclear War
“The man who laughs has simply not yet heard the terrible news.”- Bertolt Brecht
On April 7, 2026, after launching an American war against Iran,...
NATO’s Credibility Crisis: When the Alliance Survives But the Guarantee Dies
Last Tuesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio told European defense ministers that Article 5 the collective defense clause binding NATO together for 75 years...
Why America Cannot Remain a Global Power: The Choice Coming After 2027
This week, Washington faced a choice that it will face repeatedly until it finally makes it explicit. On Monday, the Trump administration demanded NATO...