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The Unlawful War Now Threatens The World
Energy on the Brink as the Middle East Escalation Triggers Global Fallout Global energy markets have entered a state of heightened volatility following Israeli strikes on Iran’s South Pars gas field, prompting retaliatory action that has sent ripple effects across the region and the world. South Pars, shared with Qatar where it is known as… Continue reading
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A War Iran Does Not Need to Win Decisively
Why the Trump-Israel coalition’s wider objectives are easier to frustrate than Iran’s narrower aim of survival and retaliation revealing the asymmetry between preserving a state and trying to break one Iran holds the cards because it is fighting defensively on its own terrain, with time, geography and economic leverage on its side; Trump blundered by… Continue reading
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White Genocide Escapees Head Home: Afrikaners Realize Life Under South Africa’s Black Majority Isn’t So Bad After All
Apparently, the ‘genocide’ wasn’t as scary as Trump’s healthcare premiums, housing crisis, and social isolation. In 2025, former U.S. President Donald Trump introduced a special refugee pathway that allowed some Afrikaner families to move to the United States, citing alleged genocide, persecution, discrimination and safety concerns in South Africa. The program was supported by Trump’s… Continue reading
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Gulf States Caught in the Crossfire
How decades of reliance on Washington expose the Gulf to economic and military vulnerabilities Resentment is quietly mounting across the capitals of the Gulf Cooperation Council, as a convergence of strategic, economic, and political pressures forces a reassessment of long-standing alliances with Washington. Reports emerging from Riyadh, Abu Dhabi, and Doha suggest that these states… Continue reading
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The Security Council’s Selective Condemnation of Iran
How the UN Resolution on Iran Omitted the Origins of the Conflict and Reflected the Politics of Power The resolution adopted by the United Nations Security Council condemning Iran’s military actions across the Gulf has been presented as a clear statement in defence of regional stability. Yet the circumstances surrounding the vote raise serious questions… Continue reading
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The Hormuz Pressure Point Forces a Diplomatic Search for a Face-Saving Settlement
Oil market destabilisation reshapes battlefield calculations imposing a strategic dilemma of war termination under conditions of asymmetric pressure Strategic conflict between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States–Israel alliance developed across nearly half a century of sanctions, covert operations, proxy warfare, assassinations of Iranian officials and nuclear scientists, and repeated military confrontations across… Continue reading
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Iran Rejects Ceasefire Demands Permanent End to War and External Pressure
Iranian leadership argues that temporary truces only preserve the strategic conditions that have produced decades of confrontation since the 1979 revolution. Iranian refusal to accept a temporary ceasefire reflects a strategic calculation rooted in the historical pattern of hostilities directed against the Islamic Republic since the 1979 revolution. Tehran frames the current confrontation as the… Continue reading
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Iran War Blunder Seen Through the Law of Unintended Consequences
Strait of Hormuz disruption, sanctions blowback, and energy market chaos exposing the fragility of globalisation and accelerating geopolitical realignment Economic history repeatedly demonstrates the law of unintended consequences operating with particular force during military escalation and coercive sanctions regimes. The confrontation surrounding Iran now produces cascading disruptions across energy markets, alliances, shipping networks, and domestic… Continue reading
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Moscow Issues Stark Warning Over Finland’s Possible Move To Host Nuclear Weapons Russia warns of countermeasures as Helsinki debates allowing nuclear weapons, highlighting the return of nuclear deterrence and energy geopolitics to Europe’s evolving security crisis. Finland’s consideration of allowing nuclear weapons on its territory has triggered a sharp response from Moscow and may mark… Continue reading
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Iran’s “Famous Bride” Jibe as Ghalibaf Mocks U.S. Carrier Departure as Strategic Retreat
Beyond insult, the remark reflects Iran’s strategy of promoting missile and drone capabilities as tools to deter American power. Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf used unusually cutting rhetoric to mock the United States over the departure of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), framing the move as proof that American military pressure against… Continue reading
