The Two Israels
There is still hope for the Jewish state. Israel’s mass protest movement has demonstrated that the country retains a vibrant and powerful
Reason-Vision-Virtue
Nobody Cares About Cubans
Not Trump. Not left-wing activists. And certainly not the Cuban regime. Washington’s goal is to induce sufficient hardship on the island to
Iran War Has Put Putin in Zugzwang
Strategically, however, the war forces Moscow into a series of painful choices. Support Iran too openly and risk direct confrontation with Washington
Turkey’s Mission to Put an End to the Iran War
Turkey’s diplomatic push to end the Iran war is therefore less about peacemaking than about preempting a convergence of threats—economic collapse, domestic
Tremors in MAGA: Joe Kent, the Iran War and the Antisemitism Smear
For the dogmatist followers of the Trump MAGA brand, something deeper is underfoot. The prospects for conscientious objections to the war by
NATO Awakens in the High North
Overall, remote access is key to addressing gaps in conventional Arctic surveillance, anticipating current threats, and predicting future challenges in a region
Iran After Larijani and Khamenei
Three weeks after Khamenei’s assassination and now Larijani’s confirmed killing, the Islamic Republic still exists on paper—its constitution intact, its slogans unchanged.
How Turkey Made Itself Too Useful to Ignore
Where it formally anchors itself in NATO, it is increasingly renewing its ties with non-Western actors; where it is re-establishing ties with
Why is China Sitting Out the War on Iran
China couldn't prevent the U.S. from striking Iran but history gives Beijing reason to believe that when the dust settles, it will
Interests and Armageddon: The Third Gulf War Shakes West Asia
The intent to attack Iran cannot be entirely attributed to either to politico-strategic national interests or the influence of AIPAC and similar