Geopolitics
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The War That Remade Iran: Strategic Gains from the 2026 Conflict
How a Battered Islamic Republic Emerged with New Power, New Leadership, and a Changed Middle East The central premise of the February 2026 American and Israeli military campaign against Iran was straightforward: sustained aerial bombardment combined with targeted killings of the Islamic Republic’s senior leadership would either fracture the state or produce conditions amenable to… Continue reading
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Reading Between the Lines: Why Rezaee’s CNN Interview Is More About Messaging Than Negotiation
Tehran does not expect negotiations to produce a breakthrough, it wants to shape the narrative around any future escalation My reading of Rezaee’s CNN interview is that it is primarily directed at Western audiences and the cameras, not because Tehran genuinely expects negotiations to produce a breakthrough, but because it wants to shape the narrative… Continue reading
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Lavrov Highlights Strength of Russia-China Partnership at International Conference
Russian foreign minister says Moscow and Beijing’s strategic partnership remains a stabilising force in global affairs as the two countries mark key diplomatic anniversaries. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has hailed the enduring partnership between Russia and China in a message to participants of the 11th International Conference, Russia and China: Cooperation in a New… Continue reading
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George Galloway Monologue: The UK is Now A Police State
George Galloway Monologue: No more Dixon of Dock Green For younger readers it is important to know that there was a time – in my lifetime- when the British Police were almost universally admired and respected. They were tall, men, in smart uniforms, collar and tie. If you were lost you were taught to ask… Continue reading
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The Fractured Crescent
Power, Rivalry and Realignment in the Emerging Middle Eastern Order The Middle East enters another period of strategic transition as assumptions underpinning the regional order during the post-Cold War era face growing pressure from shifting power balances, changing economic realities, military confrontation, and the gradual erosion of uncontested American dominance. Public discussion frequently presents the… Continue reading
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The Official Count is Fifteen
How the Pentagon Manufactured the Casualty Record of Operation Epic Fury Editorial Analysis | 29 May 2026 The United States government’s official position, as stated repeatedly by President Trump, by CENTCOM spokesman Captain Tim Hawkins, and by CENTCOM commander Admiral Brad Cooper at a Pentagon press conference, is that thirteen American service members died in… Continue reading
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The Pentagon’s Drone Pivot Signals a Fundamental Shift in U.S. Military Doctrine
As Washington races to scale low-cost drone production after lessons from Ukraine, the United States is confronting a deeper challenge: transforming a defense system built for technological superiority into one capable of sustaining industrial-scale autonomous warfare during an active era of global competition. The U.S. Department of Defense is reportedly expanding efforts to strengthen domestic… Continue reading
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Hormuz Isn’t the Point
A controlled crisis in Hormuz could deepen East Asia’s dependence on U.S.-aligned energy flows much as Europe was severed from cheap Russian supply On 28 February 2026, United States and Israeli forces launched nearly nine hundred airstrikes against Iran within twelve hours, killing Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, destroying nuclear facilities and missile infrastructure, and triggering… Continue reading
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Subordinate or Destroy: The Actual Logic Behind Washington’s Wars Against Russia, Iran, and China
Mackinder’s Revenge: How a Century-Old Theory of Global Domination Is Driving Three Wars Simultaneously An Editorial Analysis | May 2026 The wars currently consuming Ukraine, Iran, and the broader Middle East are treated in Western media as three distinct conflicts with separate causes, separate actors, and separate diplomatic remedies. That framing is analytically convenient but… Continue reading
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Tulsi Gabbard’s Exit Reveals Washington’s Old Foreign Policy Machinery
An administration elected partly upon anti-war sentiment increasingly resembles the interventionist security structures it once condemned, while mounting tensions surrounding Iran, intelligence authority, and scrutiny of American-funded biological research programmes cast a longer political shadow over Tulsi Gabbard’s carefully managed departure from the White House Tulsi Gabbard’s resignation from the position of Director of National… Continue reading
