Pernicious states: Towards a new grammar of international relations
If concepts are instruments of power, then we should examine not only the labels imposed on weaker states, but also the structures
Reason-Vision-Virtue
Israel vs ‘Muslim NATO’: Middle Eastern ‘Gordian Knot’ Gets More Entangled
The Mecca Joint Defense Agreement between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey (colloquially known as “Muslim NATO”) is a new geopolitical hurdle for
How the US-EU Partnership Is Fracturing
The future transatlantic partnership will remain powerful—but less cohesive, less dominant and more transactional. The 2025 agreement may contain the conflict, but
The Dawn of a New Cold War
Private sector expenditures on AI in the United States still exceed China’s investments by a considerable margin. But the Trump administration’s cuts
The Architecture of Civilizational Subversion
The United States currently stands "Once Fooled," but it possesses a unique window of strategic opportunity. In the science of strategic signaling,
Mecca Joint Defence Agreement: From an Idea to a Concept, from a Concept to an Agreement
The “Mecca Joint Defence Agreement,” signed in Jeddah on August 7, 2026, between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Republic of Türkiye, and the
Europe’s Coming Existential Crisis
Europe and the EU are at a crossroads. Down one road, Europe will become increasingly authoritarian and increasingly centralized, while its founding
Iranians Struggle to Afford Groceries as Trump Squeezes Economy
For all of its resilience, Iran risks being tilted into a full wartime economy for the first time since it was invaded
Central Asia: The Space Between Empires
Central Asia has already shown that it can build such cooperation from the ground up. I was fortunate enough to witness—and occasionally
AES Condemns Nigeria
AES accuses Nigerian President of fueling regional tensions. The bloc comprising Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger summoned the Nigerian Chargé d’Affaires to
Preparing for civil war in Europe: FIEP, CoESPU, and EUROGENDFOR
For the moment, we know that Captain Pierre Plas’s home in Spain was searched by the Guardia Civil at the request of