- June 18th, 2026
When the United States becomes entangled in a major conflict, adversaries across the globe inevitably reassess their strategies. Today, as Washington wages war in Iran, the reverberations are being felt far beyond the Middle East. Thousands of miles away in...
The reaction across European capitals to the US–Israeli military campaign against Iran has followed a script so familiar that it almost feels rehearsed. Leaders gather for emergency consultations, ministries release carefully worded statements, and diplomats emphasize the need for restraint....
The narrow waters of the Strait of Hormuz have long been one of the world’s most dangerous geopolitical fault lines. For decades, Iran has repeatedly threatened to shut the maritime chokepoint through which roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil supply...
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...
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....
In his monumental work, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, the historian Edward Gibbon argued that great powers rarely collapse in a sudden dramatic moment. Instead, empires typically weaken through slow, cumulative shifts in political...
More than two decades after the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the United States continues to confront a paradox that has defined many modern wars: overwhelming military success does not necessarily translate into political victory. The campaign against Saddam Hussein’s regime...
The images that emerged from the southern Iranian port city of Minab stunned even veteran military analysts accustomed to the brutal calculus of modern warfare. A collapsed elementary school lay buried beneath shattered concrete, twisted metal and fragments of children’s...
As Iranian and U.S. diplomats meet in Geneva for high-stakes negotiations aimed at averting a potential war, political tension within Iran is reaching a fever pitch. The Islamic Republic faces its most severe crisis since its founding in 1979. U.S....
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