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America’s Gulf Bases Are No Longer Shields: The Limits of U.S. Military Power
Authors: Muhammad Rauhan Rasheed and Asif Al Hasan*
In an interesting development, the Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, refused to be a part of the...
Drifting Toward Chaos: Donald Trump, Iran and Nuclear War
“The rational is not thinkable without its other, the non-rational, and it never appears in reality without it.”-Karl Jaspers, Reason and Existence (1935)
It’s no...
The Lonely Superpower: Trump’s Iran War and the End of American Consent
The United States currently finds itself in a state of strategic paralysis, caught between an administrative push for military confrontation and a wall of...
Chokepoint Wars: How the Strait of Hormuz Crisis Is Reshaping Global Energy Security
The modern international system is no longer characterized by the conflicts based on the territorial boundaries but the tensions concerning the strategic routes that...
From Ras Tanura to Nakhchivan: Israel and the Riddle of False Flags
The Middle East has witnessed the escalation of one of the most complex conflicts in recent decades over the past two weeks. What began...
Post-Saddam Iraq at 23: The War It Never Wanted Is Back
On the anniversary of the 2003 invasion, Iraq finds itself trapped between the same external powers that have defined — and destroyed — its...
With Chinese Aid, Iran Targets Mossad, Shin Bet, and Aman in Bid for American Files
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced on several occasions during 2025 and 2026 its intention to target key Israeli intelligence headquarters, including the...
Israel’s Lebanon Strategy Risks Repeating History
Israel has escalated strikes across Lebanon after Hezbollah fired missiles in solidarity with Iran. The attacks have displaced over a million Lebanese and killed...
Missiles, Oil and a Widening War: Israel and Iran Push the Region to the Brink
Fresh strikes between Israel and Iran mark a dangerous escalation in a war that has already spread across the region and shaken the global...
Three Possible Futures of the War on Iran: Stalemate, a Deal, or Regional Meltdown
The war on Iran is now into its third week. The Strait of Hormuz remains heavily disrupted, and oil prices have moved above $100/brl...