- March 18th, 2026
The intensifying missile wars stretching from the Middle East to the Indo-Pacific are exposing a critical weakness in modern air defense: the growing imbalance between the cost of attacking weapons and the price of stopping them. Against this backdrop, the...
US Navy Minesweepers Assigned to Middle East Reappear in Pacific, Strait of Hormuz Tensions Escalate
Two U.S. Navy littoral combat ships configured for mine-clearing operations have unexpectedly appeared in a Malaysian port, raising questions about the positioning of critical naval assets at a time when maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has been severely...
As the United States and Israel intensify their military campaign against Iran, the rhetoric coming from Washington has grown steadily more triumphant. The administration of Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed that the conflict is rapidly degrading Iran’s military capabilities and...
The recent escalation between the United States, Israel, and Iran has drawn global attention to a network that has existed quietly for decades: the vast system of American military bases across the Middle East and around the world. In the...
For decades, the language of security in the Gulf revolved around oil fields, tanker routes, and missile defense systems. Strategic planners focused on protecting energy infrastructure, ensuring the free flow of crude through maritime chokepoints, and deterring missile attacks on...
The long-running dispute over the sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago has entered a new and uncertain phase as tensions rise between the United Kingdom and Mauritius over delays in implementing a landmark treaty that would transfer control of the islands....
Some of those apparitions come from the shadows of the Global Financial Crisis, when collapsing credit markets in the United States sent shockwaves through the global economy. Others appear to echo the trauma of the Asian Financial Crisis, when Asia’s...
Lessons from Iran’s nuclear latency strategy are forcing a strategic rethink in Tokyo and Seoul amid doubts about the credibility of the US nuclear umbrella. The war involving Iran has delivered a stark and unsettling verdict on one of the...
Global trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies are rising again after Washington launched a new round of investigations into the trade practices of dozens of countries, including China, prompting warnings from Chinese commentators that Beijing could respond with...
As the war involving the United States and Israel against Iran intensifies, a parallel narrative has been emerging within segments of American religious and political life — one that interprets the conflict not simply as geopolitics, but as the unfolding...
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