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The U.S. war on Iran could make Europe even more dependent on Washington
During a meeting with Germany’s Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, at the White House on March 3, President Trump publicly announced he had ordered to “cut...
Pluralism: Iran’s Ideological Grievance with the UAE
As Iranian ballistic missiles and drones continue to arc across the skies of the Middle East, analysts have rushed to explain Tehran's targeting logic...
The Pacific-Middle East Axis: Examining the Parallel Military Expansions of China and the U.S.
China and its People's Liberation Army have developed an ambitious military strategy for comprehensive military modernization, beginning with the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030). This...
When Elasticity Fails: The New Fragility of the Global Energy System
The confrontation in the Persian Gulf has not created new vulnerabilities. It has revealed the architecture of a global energy system that has been...
Mexico’s Stance on Cuba is a Symptom of a Deeper Problem
The collaboration is not new. In February 2023, former Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) awarded Miguel DÃaz-Canel the Order of the Aztec Eagle, the highest...
Russia Is Not Watching Iran — It Is Exploiting It
The bombing of Iran by the United States and Israel did not produce an instant collapse of the ayatollah regime and has created the...
Facing Current Threats to Space Security: An Urgent Need for Diplomatic Proposals
Authors: Hellmut Lagos Koller and Ambassador Felipe Cousiño Donoso*
Outer space has become an indispensable domain for modern societies, underpinning critical civilian infrastructure, global communications,...
Known Unknowns and Unknown Unknowns: The US-Israeli War on Iran
Modern wars are fought not only with weapons but with assumptions—and the most dangerous assumptions are often invisible to those making them. Donald Rumsfeld’s...
How Staying Passive on Iran Could Impact Russia and China
Middle Eastern crises seldom stay localized. They frequently go well beyond the battlefield in terms of politics, strategy, and psychology. Officials in Beijing, Moscow,...
Escalation, Contagion and Isolation: The Ongoing War Against Iran
With conflict spreading across the region and the death toll surpassing 1,000, America and Israel’s war on Iran shows no signs of slowing. Rather,...