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The Petro-less Dollar
How Washington’s War on Iran Has Undermined the Financial Foundation of American Power The interruption of crude oil trade through the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea has produced an outcome that Washington’s strategic planners almost certainly did not anticipate when they launched military operations against Iran in February 2026 (1). Throughout the entire… Continue reading
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U.S. GRAND STRATEGY: Peripheral Pressure and Attrition in the Contest with Iran and Russia
How multi-vector proxy strategies, constrained munitions stocks and energy disruption shape contemporary American attempts to manage relative decline Editorial Analysis | August 2026 American military and intelligence activity directed at Iran has unfolded across several simultaneous vectors rather than through a single decisive campaign. Conventional strikes have been accompanied by continued material and political support… Continue reading
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The Logic of Controlled Demolition
How America’s Parallel Wars in Ukraine and West Asia Reveal a Strategy of Managed Decline The public mood inside Russia has undergone a profound and measurable transformation over recent months, driven by Ukrainian drone strikes that have penetrated the country’s interior with increasing frequency and lethality. The attack on a beach in Gelendzhik on the… Continue reading
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The 40-Day War That Wasn’t: Iran’s Strategic Resilience and the West’s Miscalculation
From Code 110 to the Memorandum of Understanding: How Tehran Outlasted Washington’s Hubris Report: The Araghchi Interview On July 20, 2026, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi provided a sweeping account of the 40-day war to filmmaker Javad Mogouei. The interview, published by Drop Site News, offers the most comprehensive Iranian perspective on the conflict to… Continue reading
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The US has yet to fall on its own sword
The Unending War for Primacy: US Empire Survival Strategy, Iranian Resistance, and the Struggle for a Multipolar Order Editorial Analysis | July 2026 The confrontation in the Strait of Hormuz that began on July 7, 2026, represents not an isolated incident but the latest chapter in a continuous, decades-long war that the United States has… Continue reading
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The Memorandum of Convenience
Why the US-Iran MOU Represents Another Chapter in a Longstanding Pattern of Strategic Deception The June 2026 Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and Iran has been presented to the world as a diplomatic breakthrough. According to the 14-point text, the agreement commits both parties to the immediate and permanent termination of military operations… Continue reading
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America’s Global War
An Opinion Analysis of US-Israel-Ukraine Relations, the Integration of Military-Intelligence Infrastructure, and the Pursuit of Global Primacy The United States Congress has moved with remarkable determination to permanently codify the US-Israel relationship through legislative mechanisms that transcend traditional alliance frameworks. Section 224 of the House version of the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act, titled the… Continue reading
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The Extension of Empire – Israel as America’s Forward Military Arm
How US logistical support, intelligence sharing, and operational integration make Israeli military action inseparable from American strategic objectives Introduction: The Question of Agency Among the most persistent fictions in contemporary geopolitical commentary is the proposition that Israel acts as an independent military power, capable of initiating and sustaining major military operations without American approval or… Continue reading
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Do Not Underestimate the United States (Editorial Version)
An analytical examination of the US blockade on Iran, the systematic disruption of energy flows to Asia, and the long-term campaign to isolate China The United States Navy’s deployment of FA-18 Super Hornets to conduct strafing attacks against Iranian commercial tankers in the Gulf of Oman on 6 and 8 May 2026, three vessels targeted,… Continue reading
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Do Not Underestimate the United States (Long Version)
Why the United States Seeks Control of Supply Routes Rather Than Conventional Victory American power has repeatedly been misread during prolonged geopolitical confrontations because commentators continue measuring strategic success through the narrow lens of immediate battlefield outcomes rather than through cumulative institutional, economic, and infrastructural transformation across decades. Independent geopolitical analyst Brian Berletic argued during… Continue reading
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