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The Real Energy Crisis Begins After the Ceasefire
The April 8 ceasefire between Iran, the United States, and Israel has calmed nerves, but it has not repaired the energy system that was...
Chinese Envoy Seizes Cairo Talks to Counter U.S. Post-Iran War Influence with Global Development Push
In early April 2026, Chinese Ambassador to Egypt Liao Liqiang met with Egyptian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, and Egyptians Abroad for...
When Arms Control Erodes: South Asia’s Rising Nuclear Stakes
In the past decade, global arms control regimes have slowly eroded. In 2019, the INF Treaty was abandoned, with each side accusing the other...
The Expiry of New START and the Signs of a Renewed Arms Race
The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), the last bilateral arms control accord between the U.S. and Russia, expired on 5th February 2026....
Georgia’s Betrayal: Why the West Won’t Show Up
From its independence in 1991 until circa 2020, Georgia has maintained a healthy democracy with a vibrant civil society. It has also been eager...
The Two Triads: An Emerging Post-American Middle East
Sometime in the past twelve months, the Middle East's security architecture quietly stopped revolving around the United States. The shift has no single point...
The Morning After: What the Middle East Looks Like Now
Right after the announcement, Kuwait got hit by 28 Iranian drone attacks. The UAE faced 35. Saudi Arabia's east-west oil pipeline, a critical piece...
Hegemony with Chinese Characteristics
As the war wages on in three different regions of the world, among many others that go unaccounted for, the political gaze is shifting...
What the US-Israel War on Iran Means for the Long Term
The recent US-Israel attacks on Iran has triggered an avalanche of analysis by a range of different specialists on the many media platforms that...
The New Intelligence Challenge: How China Exploits Israel’s Internal Divisions to Outmaneuver Mossad
The Israeli intelligence apparatus, particularly the Mossad and Shin Bet, faces a growing challenge stemming from the Chinese strategy of its State Security Service...