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Kagan and Boot: The Guilty Are Writing the Verdict
From Tehran to Taiwan: The Men Who Built America’s Empire Are Now Writing Its Autopsy The extraordinary significance of the Max Boot interview with former CIA analyst John Culver does not rest merely in the military assessments themselves, severe as they already appear. The deeper significance rests in who is speaking, where they are speaking,… Continue reading
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One Battle, Two Press Releases: Hormuz and the Crisis of American Deterrence
The Persian Gulf confrontation exposed the widening gap between military optics and operational control, while financial stabilisation and military escalation merged into the same strategic system A naval withdrawal inside the Strait of Hormuz would mark a strategic rupture extending far beyond one contested waterway, because the credibility of American maritime supremacy depends upon sustained… Continue reading
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Why Russia is Not Fighting Like Iran
Different objectives and different constraint hence Russia’s calibrated attrition contrasts with Iran’s cost-imposition strategy revealing competing paths to power Russia is no longer fighting for victory in Ukraine in the conventional sense; it is determining the scale and timing of an outcome it increasingly believes it can impose. What appears externally as operational restraint reflects… Continue reading
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Iran – The Last Window of Empire to Stop Multipolarity
Why the War on Iran Signals a Final Attempt to Halt Multipolarity Before It Becomes Irreversible A structural rupture in the international system is already underway, and its trajectory has become effectively irreversible. The confrontation centred on Iran constitutes not a regional escalation but a terminal phase in the enforcement of a unipolar order that… Continue reading
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Trump Abducts Maduro Normalising An Extraterritorial Regime Change by Force
Legal Violations, Strategic Motives, and the Consequences for Global Order Reports circulating across diplomatic, military, and media channels allege that the sitting president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, was seized by United States forces during a covert military operation inside Venezuelan territory and removed from the country without the consent of its government or legislature. No… Continue reading
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The balance of power shifts as Asia consolidates economic dominance
Shifting great power relations, Asia’s strategic choices could reset the global order next year Asia approaches 2026 holding decisive economic and political weight that no previous period has combined so fully. Purchasing power parity data from the International Monetary Fund places Asia at roughly half of global output, while the United States accounts for about… Continue reading
