- March 17th, 2026
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...
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...
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...
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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